Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Jul 21, 2025Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507
Updated large open Qwen3 MoE instruct model for multilingual chat, coding, and tool use.
- Capability
- 138.9ECI · #105 of 148
- Input
- $0.15per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.75per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K16K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.15per million tokens
- Output
- $0.75per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.30cheaper than 71% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.675 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $7.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $75.00 |
Median of 11 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#105 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (135.8–140.6); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Jul 21, 2025
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights · Apache 2.0
- Availability
- 11 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507
How much does Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 cost?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 costs $0.15 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (median across 11 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.30 per million tokens, cheaper than 71% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 16,384 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 a Capabilities Index score of 138.9 (likely range 135.8–140.6), ranking it #105 of 148 models Epoch has scored.
Is Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights under the Apache 2.0 licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 support?
Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 on Jul 21, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are GPT OSS 120B (OpenAI, ECI 140.0, $0.15 / $0.60), DeepSeek-V3.1 (DeepSeek, ECI 139.9, $0.385 / $1.25), Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google, ECI 140.8, $0.30 / $2.50) and Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct (Meta, ECI 132.2, $0.321 / $0.91).