Qwen3 235B-A22B
Summary
Qwen3 235B-A22B is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on Apr 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 16K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens (Hugging Face Inference Providers), across 3 providers we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 9 Oct 2026.
Large open Qwen MoE for multilingual reasoning, coding, and tool use
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | Apr 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 235B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 131K (131,072 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 16K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Retirement date | 9 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B [Hugging Face] |
Qwen3 235B-A22B API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face Inference Providers Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B | $0.20 | $0.80 | – | 41K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b | $0.46 | $1.82 | – | 131K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio qwen3-235b-a22b | $0.70 | $2.80 | – | 131K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Qwen3 235B-A22B has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 16,384 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Qwen3 235B-A22B API cost?
Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.20 input / $0.80 output through Hugging Face Inference Providers. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 235B-A22B open source?
Qwen3 235B-A22B is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Qwen3 235B-A22B released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 235B-A22B on Apr 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Qwen3 235B-A22B?
We track Qwen3 235B-A22B on 3 providers: Hugging Face Inference Providers, OpenRouter, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.