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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct Pricing

Qwen · qwen-qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.200

Output / 1M tokens

$0.880

Context window

262,144 tokens

≈ 350 pages of text

Max output

16,384 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0006

1,000 requests / month$0.592/mo 10,000 requests / month$5.92/mo 100,000 requests / month$59.20/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

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Pricing and specs for this model are auto-synced from OpenRouter, but it isn't one of our editorial picks yet — no “what it excels at” write-up or business tradeoff notes. Any tier badge above is estimated from price.

Cheaper from Qwen

Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen$0.0006/ typical request Qwen3.5-9BQwen$0.0002/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI$0.0007/ typical request Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0032/ typical request Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$0.0054/ typical request

Head-to-head

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs GPT-5.4 Nano →Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5 →Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Gemini 3.5 Flash →

Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.