Qwen3 235B-A22B API Pricing
Alibaba · released 2025-04-28
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Qwen3 235B-A22B price
0.070¢ / 1K
0.280¢ / 1K
0.123¢ / 1K
Reasoning (thinking) output: $8.40 / 1M tokens — billed separately from standard output; not included in the blended price.
Single public source; verify on the official site; Thinking-mode output billed separately; Deprecated by the vendor
Official list price from Alibaba, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.119¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.42¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0378 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0266 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $35.70 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.70) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $2.80).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | 138.4 | epoch | 2025-04-28 |
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Arena text rating | 1375 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | 1431 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena math rating | 1392 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena WebDev rating | No public data yet | ||
Similar ECI, lower price
| Model | ECI | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5 Nano | 139.2 | $0.1375 |
| GPT-4.1 mini | 134.3 | $0.70 |
| GLM-4.7 | 143.2 | $0.859 |
More from Alibaba
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|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo | 2026-10-09 | — |
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro | 2026-10-02 | — |
| Qwen 3.8 Max Prime | 2026-09-23 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | 2026-09-17 | $0.23 |
| Qwen-Image-2.1 | 2026-09-14 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Max 0902 | 2026-09-02 | $3.00 |
| Qwen3.8 Flash Next | 2026-08-27 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | 2026-08-26 | $0.23 |
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Prices: Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Qwen3 235B-A22B is developed by Alibaba, released 2025-04-28.
How much does Qwen3 235B-A22B cost per million tokens?
Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.80 per 1M output tokens ($1.225 blended), per Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Qwen3 235B-A22B API price?
The Qwen3 235B-A22B API price is $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.80 per 1M output tokens ($1.225 per 1M blended).
How much does Qwen3 235B-A22B cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.119¢ on Qwen3 235B-A22B, at $0.70/1M input and $2.80/1M output.
Is Qwen3 235B-A22B free?
Qwen3 235B-A22B's official API list price is $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.80 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Alibaba's site for those.
How does Qwen3 235B-A22B rank on benchmarks?
Qwen3 235B-A22B scores 138.4 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #92 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.
Is there a cheaper model with a similar ECI to Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Yes — GPT-5 Nano scores a similar ECI (139.2) at $0.1375/1M blended, versus $1.225/1M for Qwen3 235B-A22B.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Qwen3 235B-A22B comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses) — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.