Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Summary
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 23 Sept 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.40 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 3 providers we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 9 Oct 2026.
Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 23 Sept 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 236B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 131K (131,072 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 33K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 31 Mar 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text and images [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Structured output | Yes [models.dev] |
| Retirement date | 9 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking [Hugging Face] |
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking | $0.40 | $4 | – | 131K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Novita AI qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking | $0.98 | $3.95 | – | 131K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking | $0.98 | $3.95 | – | 131K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking API cost?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is listed from $0.40 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking open source?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking on 23 Sept 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
We track Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking on 3 providers: OpenRouter, Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openrouter/models/qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking.toml
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/huggingface/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking.toml