Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Apr 28, 2025Qwen3 235B-A22B
Large open Qwen MoE for multilingual reasoning, coding, and tool use.
- Capability
- 139.4ECI · #103 of 148
- Input
- $0.70per 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.80per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K16K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.70per million tokens
- Output
- $2.80per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $1.23pricier than 60% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $2.80 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $31.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $315.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#103 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (135.2–140.8); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Apr 28, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
qwen3-235b-a22bon Alibaba- Availability
- 7 API providerslisted on models.dev
What Alibaba (Qwen) claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
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About Qwen3 235B-A22B
How much does Qwen3 235B-A22B cost?
Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.23 per million tokens, more expensive than 60% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Qwen3 235B-A22B accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 16,384 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3 235B-A22B a Capabilities Index score of 139.4 (likely range 135.2–140.8), ranking it #103 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 70.7%.
Is Qwen3 235B-A22B open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3 235B-A22B support?
Qwen3 235B-A22B accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3 235B-A22B released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 235B-A22B on Apr 28, 2025. Its training data runs to Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3 235B-A22B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are DeepSeek-R1 (DeepSeek, ECI 139.0, $0.70 / $2.60), Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google, ECI 140.8, $0.30 / $2.50), GPT-4.1 mini (OpenAI, ECI 135.0, $0.40 / $1.60) and Mistral Medium 3 (Mistral AI, ECI 134.1, $0.40 / $2.00).