Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): API price and specs

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 71% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 on input price.

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 51% cheaper than Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) on output price.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 32% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Field	Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507	Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.071 +244.7%	$0.0206
Median input, per 1M	$0.20 +466.6%	$0.0353
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.10	$0.21 +106%
Median output, per 1M	$0.80 +164%	$0.30
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.091 +47.2%	$0.0618
Context	262K	262K
Max output	262K	—
Providers	19	2 +89.5%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	—
Accepts	image, text	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	requesty	aihubmix

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.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, meganova

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 71% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 on input price. Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 51% cheaper than Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) on output price. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 32% cheaper than Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507: 262K tokens; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): 262K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

aihubmix, meganova