qwen-2-1-5b-instruct vs Qwen3 235B-A22B: API price and specs
qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 44% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on input price.
qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 81% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on output price.
qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 58% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3 235B-A22B has a 700% larger context than qwen-2-1-5b-instruct.
| Field | qwen-2-1-5b-instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.10 | $0.18 +80% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.31 +48.1% | $0.21 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.10 | $0.54 +440% |
| Median output, per 1M | $0.31 | $0.80 +156% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.12 | $0.29 +140% |
| Context | 33K +87.5% | 262K |
| Max output | — | 82K |
| Providers | 2 +84.6% | 13 |
| Regions | GLOBAL | US |
| Accepts | text | image, text, video |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | edenai | deepinfra |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, qwen-2-1-5b-instruct or Qwen3 235B-A22B?
qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 44% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on input price. qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 81% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on output price. qwen-2-1-5b-instruct is 58% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, qwen-2-1-5b-instruct or Qwen3 235B-A22B?
qwen-2-1-5b-instruct: 33K tokens; Qwen3 235B-A22B: 262K tokens.
Where can I use both qwen-2-1-5b-instruct and Qwen3 235B-A22B?
aiml, edenai