// Alibaba (Qwen)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
A Alibaba (Qwen) model. 1 prices across 1 channels side by side, each with its source and check date – plus specs, licence, speed and benchmarks.
- Official in/out per 1M
- ¥2 / ¥8
- Lowest (official)
- ¥2 / ¥8
- Context
- 262K
- AA index
- 8.3
Prices checked 2026-10-10Official sources linked on every rowNo estimates
01Specs at a glance
Official values first; gaps filled from OpenRouter’s API where the vendor page is silent.
| Vendor | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Context window | 262K (262,144 tokens) |
| Max output | 16K |
| Input | Text |
| Output | Text |
| Tool calling / JSON | Yes / Yes |
| Weights & licence | Open weights · Apache-2.0 · Hugging Face |
| Parameters | 235B (from weight files) |
| Released | Jul 21, 2025 (OpenRouter listing date) |
| Model IDs | qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 |
02Prices on 1 channels
Per 1M tokens, in the currency each source publishes (1 USD = 6.7 CNY for the blended column). Sorted: official first, then cheapest.
| Channel | Source | Input | Output | Cache hit | Blended $ | Context | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Vendor’s China site, billed in CNY | Official 10-10 | ¥2 | ¥8 | — | 0.522 | 262K | Batch −50%Beijing region; batch -50% on supported models; explicit cache create 125% / hit 10% of input |
“Official” = vendor pricing page; “Platform” = the platform’s own pricing page; “OpenRouter” = price listed on OpenRouter, not checked on the platform’s site. Click a source tag to open the original page.
03Where you can use it
Derived only from the price sources above. Country restrictions are set by each vendor – check their terms before you sign up.
- Vendor’s China site, billed in CNY
Official - Self-host the open weights
GPU / VRAM sizing and build plans→
04Performance
All results →Speed and AA index from Artificial Analysis public leaderboards (not our own tests); benchmark scores from our benchmark library, best result per benchmark.
- AA indexQwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)
- 8.3
- Output speed (median)
- 63 tok/s
- Time to first token
- 2.69s
- AA index per $ (blended)
- 15.88
| Benchmark | Best score | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1375 | official | 2026-10-08 |
| LiveCodeBench | 59.3% | official | 2025-04-07 |
| GPQA Diamond | 70.7% | independent | 2025-06-03 |
| MMLU-Pro | 68.2% | vendor | 2026-03-11 |
| MATH Level 5 | 68.9% | independent | 2025-06-03 |
05Price changes we recorded
All price changes →From our daily re-checks of the sources above.
No price change recorded since we started tracking (2026-10-10).
06More from Alibaba (Qwen)
FAQ
How much does the Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 API cost?
On the official pricing page: ¥2 / ¥8 per 1M input / output tokens (checked 2026-10-10).
What is the context window of Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?
262K tokens of context, up to 16K output tokens. Platforms may cap it lower – see the table.
Is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 open source?
Yes, the weights are published on Hugging Face (Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507). Licence: Apache-2.0.