Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview: API price and specs

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 79% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on input price.

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 90% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on output price.

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 83% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview has a 281.5% larger context than Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507.

Field	Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507	Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.071	$0.34 +376.1%
Median input, per 1M	$0.20	$0.92 +359.5%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.10	$1.01 +914%
Median output, per 1M	$0.80	$3.01 +275.9%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.091	$0.54 +494.3%
Context	262K +73.8%	1M
Max output	262K	131K +50%
Providers	19	2 +89.5%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	—
Accepts	image, text	image, text, video
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 Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 79% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on input price. Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 90% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on output price. Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 is 83% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507: 262K tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

aihubmix, meganova