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Qwen3 VL 235B

235B MoE (22B active)

Vision-language model with thinking capabilities. Note: Qwen3.5-Plus now includes native multimodal and may supersede this for most use cases.

vision OpenAI-compatible Vision Function calling 131K context Released 2025-09

Pricing

Type USD / 1M tokens
Input $0.26
Output $0.9

vs Western Models

Qwen3 VL 235B vs GPT-5.2 ($1.75/$14)
85% cheaper input 94% cheaper output
Qwen3 VL 235B vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 ($3/$15)
91% cheaper input 94% cheaper output
Qwen3 VL 235B vs Gemini 2.5 Pro ($1.25/$10)
79% cheaper input 91% cheaper output

Strengths

  • + vision
  • + multimodal
  • + thinking mode

Watch Out For

  • ! content censorship

International Access

Direct access: Yes
Latency from US: 200-400ms
Registration: Alibaba Cloud account
Payment: credit card

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