Which is cheaper, Qwen3 235B-A22B or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 235B-A22B, at $0.61 per million tokens against $1.48 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen3 235B-A22B: $0.61 at OpenRouter. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: $1.48 at LLM Gateway.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 17 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, DeepInfra, LLM Gateway, Kilo Gateway, TrustedRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 131k tokens in one call.

Qwen3 235B-A22B vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3 235B-A22B takes 1 of 5 rounds against Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.61 per million tokens against $1.48.

Alibaba Cloudwins 1 rounds

Qwen3 235B-A22B

$0.61/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at OpenRouter · $0.0735 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

OpenRouter ↗

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

$1.48/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.173 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

LLM Gateway ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.70/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2.80/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.61/M at OpenRouter

$1.48/M at LLM Gateway

Standard price (lower wins)

$4.90/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0735

$0.173

Context

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

1 Apr 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 17

Nous Portal$0.61 / $1.48
Eden AI$0.68 / $1.48
DeepInfra$0.82 / $1.48
LLM Gateway$0.85 / $1.48
Kilo Gateway$1.05 / $1.82
TrustedRouter$1.48 / $1.56
Fireworks AI$1.54 / $1.54
OpenRouter$0.61 / $2.53

Qwen3 235B-A22B then Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 17

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3 235B-A22BNanoGPT$0.13 / $0.50 $0.30 / $0.5057% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 235B-A22BNous Portal$0.07 / $0.28 $0.09 / $0.3525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 235B-A22BOpenRouter$0.22 / $0.88 $0.09 / $0.3560% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 235B-A22BRequesty$0.20 / $0.60 $0.07 / $0.1074% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 235B-A22BTrustedRouter$0.21 / $0.84 $0.21 / $0.936% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BNous Portal$0.16 / $0.70 $0.20 / $0.8825% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 235B-A22B or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?: Qwen3 235B-A22B, at $0.61 per million tokens against $1.48 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen3 235B-A22B: $0.61 at OpenRouter. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: $1.48 at LLM Gateway.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 17 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, DeepInfra, LLM Gateway, Kilo Gateway, TrustedRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 131k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.