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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking pricing

Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking from OpenRouter costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens. Context window 131,072 tokens.

API id qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.400
Input / 1M tokens
$4.00
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
131K
Context window

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
131K tokens
Max output
33K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • reasoning
  • vision

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

ProviderInput /1MCached /1MOutput /1M1M in + 1M outvs vendor
Alibaba (Qwen)VendorCheapest
$0.400—$4.00$4.40—
OpenRouterHostviewing
$0.400—$4.00$4.40—

What Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0024
Document summary50,0002,000$0.03
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$1.20

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking's context window?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 32,768 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.400 for Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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