Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B

qwen · Released Apr 28, 2025
Intelligence #276 / 743
35.4 our score
Speed #224 / 326
60.5 tok/s
Input Price #452 / 743
$0.455 per 1M tokens
Output Price #454 / 743
$1.82 per 1M tokens
Context #378 / 743
131,072 tokens

Analysis Summary

Qwen3 235B A22B is a large Qwen model with a 131,072-token context window and listed tool use and function calling. The supplied record includes an intelligence index but no separate coding, agentic, instruction-following, or long-context benchmark results, so its practical advantage over smaller variants cannot be confirmed from this data. Input is text-only.

It could support code assistance, structured SEO workflows, long brief analysis, and tool-connected tasks where the implementation includes validation and clear boundaries. The absence of detailed technical evidence makes it unsuitable as an automatic choice for autonomous engineering or high-stakes client reasoning. Teams should test latency, reliability, and output quality on representative workloads before committing.

Pricing of $0.455 per million input tokens and $1.82 per million output tokens is reasonable for a larger model but less compelling than the Qwen3 32B listing. Treat it as a pilot candidate rather than a default production model.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen3 235B A22B offers a large 131K context with tool use and function calling, making it relevant to technical workflows; its available reasoning evidence is limited and does not establish flagship-level reliability.

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DFO Verdict

Qwen3 235B A22B offers a large 131K context with tool use and function calling, making it relevant to technical workflows; its available reasoning evidence is limited and does not establish flagship-level reliability.

#276 of 743 overall Down 6 this week

How Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B compares

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B ranks #238 of 432 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 49% of the models we list. At $0.46 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 39% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 63% of models #276
Speed: faster than 31% of models #224
Price: cheaper than 39% of models #452
Context: larger than 49% of models #378
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B $0.46 in $1.82 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 131K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence1.9Technical0Value7.3Content5.8
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.46 $0.000455
Output $1.82 $0.001820

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B

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..

Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B cost?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B costs $0.46 per million input tokens and $1.82 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).

What can Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B do?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B supports tool use and function calling.

Who created Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B is developed by Qwen and was released on April 28, 2025.

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