Is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) or Qwen-VL Max cheaper?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) and Qwen-VL Max have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) or Qwen-VL Max?

Qwen-VL Max has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) vs Qwen-VL Max

Both have similar output pricing, while Qwen-VL Max offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) or Qwen-VL Max based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)	Qwen-VL Max
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input / 1M tokens	—	$0.80
Output / 1M tokens	—	$3.20
Context window	—	131K
Parameters	235B	7B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2025	Apr 2024

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) details →Qwen-VL Max details →

FAQ

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