Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #201 of 561 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.455 input and $1.82 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 235B A22B delivers moderate livecodebench performance at low cost, but overall reasoning and agentic scores are well below current-generation models despite its large parameter count.
Assessed May 24, 2026
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Performance Profile
Qwen3-235B-A22B is a 235B parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) model developed by Qwen, activating 22B parameters per forward pass. It supports seamless switching between a "thinking" mode for complex reasoning, math, and..
Capabilities
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | qwen3 |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Content
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | April 28, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.46 | $0.000455 |
| Output | $1.82 | $0.001820 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
