Qwen3 235B A22B: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Alibaba's Qwen3 235B A22B and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Alibaba has launched a newer model, Qwen3 235B 2507 (Non-reasoning). We suggest considering this model instead of Qwen3 235B. See the following pages for a comparison of Qwen3 235B 2507 (Non-reasoning) to other models and Qwen3 235B 2507 (Non-reasoning) API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Qwen3 235B is of higher quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.762 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 33.
Price:Qwen3 235B is cheaper compared to average with a price of $1.23 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Qwen3 235B Input token price: $0.70, Output token price: $2.80 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Qwen3 235B Input token price: $0.70, Output token price: $2.80 per 1M Tokens.
Qwen3 235B is slower compared to average, with a output speed of 34.8 tokens per second.
Latency:Qwen3 235B has a lower latency compared to average, taking 1.23s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Qwen3 235B has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 33k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
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Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
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Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Qwen3 235B A22B Model Details
Comparisons to Qwen3 235B
- Qwen3 235B
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- gpt-oss-120B (high)
- GPT-5 (high)
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GLM-4.5- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
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