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Recently, a domestic large model has sparked a big celebration in the global developer community!
Surprisingly, this model hasn't officially launched yet.
It is the Qwen 4-Max preview version released by Alibaba today.
Previously, industry insiders excitedly predicted: This is an explosive week, with Fable 5.5, GPT-6.2 Sol, Gemini Kryptom, and Qwen 4 all set to debut!
Yes, overseas developers have already placed Qwen 4 on the same level of anticipation as the two new models, O/A.
Early testing, impressive results
Unlike previous releases, this time Qwen adopts a minimalist approach, only briefly introducing the preview version's performance and integration with Agent: deeper understanding of knowledge, more立体 world perception, and continuous advancement in Coding and Agentic capabilities. It excels in complex programming, professional office work, front-end design, and professional software operation.
Starting today, the Qwen4-Max preview version is available on Alibaba TokenPlan, with limited-time offers at as low as 10% off to experience the Qwen4 model. Products such as Qwen Office, Qoder, Qwen APP, and QwenStudio can also experience it first.
We also accessed Codex immediately after the preview version was released and had a chance to experience it first. The returned "Ash Dungeon" left us completely stunned at first sight!
A cloaked explorer holds a lantern, warm light spreads across the cracked stone bricks. Wooden boxes, red flags, and thick walls create a layered sense of space within the dungeon.
The walls in front of the lens were sliced open, revealing the characters and room structures clearly. Health bars, keys, and treasure chest counts are each in their place, with details showing a clear understanding of game development principles.
Seeing this visual presentation, it's easy to understand why developers abroad are so excited—the sheer scale of it makes you want to grab the keyboard and explore around the corner.
The physical properties are extremely realistic. Such complex, clear, and logically coherent visuals have left us in awe!
Besides "Ash Dungeon," we also ran another case with Qwen4, and the results were equally impressive!
The first look at "Six-Star Journey" already gives it a high-end mechanical art piece feel.
The steady color tone of the walnut wood support frame, the warm golden reflections of the brass tracks, and the translucent luster of the glass marbles each have their own unique charm.
Even the metal bands on the support frame, the chains of the elevator, and the interwoven projections on the base are meticulously crafted. The entire scene is so refined that we couldn't help but want to view it from multiple angles.
The movement of the marbles is equally smooth: rolling along the tracks, turning, passing through分流 (diversion), and then being lifted back up by the elevator. The entire process flows naturally, with a sense of weight in the movement and clear rhythm in the mechanical transmission.
Watching a few marbles cycle through the tracks layer by layer, it's really addictive—we can't stop watching!
More appealing is that when you click on a marbles, the camera can follow it along the track to "travel", allowing you to closely admire the operation of this mechanical system; you can also freely rotate the view and control the start and stop of the hoist.
The material, details, movement, and interaction are all well considered, and the small work Qwen has delivered indeed impresses with its high completion level.
Not only do we think that, but many overseas netizens also said that Qwen4's capabilities are stronger than the previous generation.
For Chinese developers, this sentence from the "Zhuangzi · Free and Unfettered Roam" is something engraved in their DNA.
The pronunciation of "Kun" coincides with that of Qwen (Thousand Questions).
The sentence from the "Zhuangzi · Free and Unfettered Roam" is something that Chinese developers are familiar with.
Not long after, the second creations started to spread everywhere.
Even some overseas developers went to search for the hidden messages, even going to look up the Zhuangzi, the Free and Easy Wandering, and Chinese mythology overnight.
A preheating of a large model, played out as a cultural output, how hardcore!
Actually, the demo of Qwen4 that was leaked earlier had already amazed a lot of developers.
Users who got access to the internal testing version have been showing off Qwen4's incredible capabilities in real scenarios.
@loktar00 used the internal testing Qwen4 preview combined with Qwen Code to directly "hand-craft" a castle underground!
Loktar also released a lighthouse cross-section generated with pure vanilla.js and three.js, along with water and light reflection effects.
He commented: "Qwen4 achieved higher efficiency with very few tokens, the water and light effects are amazing, and the progress is huge!"
@intheworldofai It took Qwen4 2 hours and 53 minutes (Max thinking) to directly recreate a prototype of a 3D game similar to Minecraft!
Everything in the game was written by Qwen4, and his feeling was — "Sometimes it feels like I'm using Fable 5."
Developer @leo114119 spent two hours to generate a 3D model of the White House using Qwen4.
"68 rooms, each of which can be entered, the modeling effect is very impressive! If this is just Qwen4 27B, it's already quite impressive!"
A pelican riding a bicycle in a pixel-style island town, the effect is somewhat impressive.
Blogger @xiax0603 did a test: letting Qwen4 and Gemini 4 Hydrogen (Flash) each generate a 3D rocket launch and recovery animation.
The result showed that Qwen4 excelled significantly in details and texture.
The video generated in 2 hours and 8 minutes is surprising, the only drawback might be the slow speed.
The following are more impressive demos.
Someone directly stated that Qwen4-27B will be the ceiling of single-card deployment power.
From the sudden emergence of Qwen2.5 to the current Qwen4's 'hear the voice before seeing the person,' Alibaba's Qwen has captured the attention of global developers, relying on its strength.
How competitive the AI community has become these days? Yesterday was Fable 5.2 showing off its power, today is Gemini 4 Carbon completely unshackled to make a scene.
For example, the spatial hierarchy of the dungeon, the motion logic of the marbles machine, as well as the materials, lighting, and operational details, let us see its ability to understand requirements, write code, and handle details directly.
Of course, in addition to generating nice scenes, we are also curious about whether the officially released Qwen4 version can continuously modify and troubleshoot issues in more complex projects, completing the features step by step.
Qwen4-Max, don't hide it anymore, hurry up and fully launch, the whole village is waiting for the feast!
Editor: Aeneas Solomon
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