# Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

> Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 23 Sept 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.88 per million output tokens (DeepInfra), across 6 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** 23 Sept 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct)
- **License:** apache-2.0 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct)
- **Parameters:** 236B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct)
- **Context window:** 262K (262,144 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Max output:** 33K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** 31 Mar 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct.toml)
- **Hugging Face:** Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.20 | $0.88 | $0.11 | 262K |
| OpenRouter | $0.21 | $1.90 | $0.10 | 131K |
| Novita AI | $0.30 | $1.50 | – | 131K |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.30 | $1.50 | – | 131K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | – | 131K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.53 | $2.66 | – | 262K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct API cost?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is listed from $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.88 per million output tokens (DeepInfra). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open source?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on 23 Sept 2025, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

We track Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct on 6 providers: DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Vercel AI Gateway, Amazon Bedrock.

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