Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Where it stands
Quality in independent tests against price, next to 135 other models. Up means more capable, left means cheaper.
About this model
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is an AI model from Alibaba Qwen, made available through the API on July 21, 2025. It can read up to 262,144 tokens in one request, roughly 492 pages of text, and write up to 235,929 tokens in a single answer.
Through the API it costs $0.088 per million input tokens and $0.35 per million output tokens. Its pricing puts it among the more affordable models we track, which makes it a good fit for high-volume tasks.
It can call tools and functions, so developers can connect it to search, databases or other software. Its weights are openly published (Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507), so it can also be downloaded and run on your own hardware.
Quality scores
Rankings →- GPQA DiamondVery hard multiple-choice questions in biology, physics and chemistry, written by PhD experts. Random guessing scores 25%.70.7%#81 of 116
Where to use it
Companies that serve this model through an API: 10. Prices per million tokens, cheapest first.
| Provider | Inputi | Outputi | Contexti | Uptime (24 h)i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GMICloudCheapestfp8 | $0.088 | $0.35 | 256K | 96.2% |
DeepInfrafp8 | $0.09 | $0.55 | 256K | 88.9% |
Novitafp8 | $0.09 | $0.58 | 128K | 94.1% |
AlibabaOfficial | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K | 90.2% |
Nebiusfp8 | $0.20 | $0.60 | 256K | 88.5% |
Venicefp8 | $0.15 | $0.75 | 128K | 89.4% |
Parasailfp8 | $0.14 | $0.80 | 128K | 99.9% |
StreamLake | $0.21 | $0.84 | 128K | 91.6% |
Google | $0.22 | $0.88 | 256K | 99.2% |
Google | $0.25 | $1 | 256K | 99.3% |
Availability and prices come from OpenRouter’s public API and are refreshed daily. Uptime is the share of successful requests over the last 24 hours. Some providers run a compressed version of open models (fp8, int4), which is cheaper but can be slightly less accurate.
Use it in your code
Call Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API: create a key on openrouter.ai, then run one of these examples.
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}]}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"])
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY });
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! What can you do?" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);The same code works with every model on this site: only the model ID changes. Many labs also offer their own API and SDK.
What it costs in practice
- 1,000 chat replies$0.149
- Summarise a 100-page document$0.0047
- An app with 10,000 requests a day for a month$68.25
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See all →Frequently asked questions
- How much does Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 cost?
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs $0.088 per million input tokens and $0.35 per million output tokens through the API. For example, 1,000 chat replies of about 500 tokens in and 300 out cost around $0.149.
- What is the context window of Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 can read up to 262,144 tokens in one request, about 492 pages of text. It can write up to 235,929 tokens in a single answer.
- Is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 open source?
- Yes. Its weights are published (Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507), so you can download it and run it on your own hardware, or use it through one of 10 API providers.
- Who makes Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is made by Alibaba Qwen. It became available through the API on July 21, 2025.
- How good is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 has an overall index of 139.4 in Epoch AI’s independent tests, ranking #100 of 136 models we track.
- Can Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 read images?
- No. Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 only accepts text as input.
- What are the alternatives to Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
- Models with a similar price from other companies include Solar Pro 4, Laguna S 2.1 and Gemma 4 31B. You can compare them side by side on this page.