Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is Alibaba's language model with a 262K context window and up to 33K output tokens, available from 5 providers, starting at $0.22 / 1M input and $0.88 / 1M output. A thinking-mode vision-language MoE model with 235B total and 22B activated parameters, combining enhanced visual perception with extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Capabilities
Input2/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities4/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.4 | $4.00 | $0.2 | $2.00 | |
| $0.22 | $0.88 | — | — | |
| $0.98 | $3.95 | — | — | |
| $0.98 | $3.95 | — | — | |
| $0.26 | $2.60 | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 564 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p4de.24xlarge | 8× A100 | 640 GB | $27.45/hr | us-east-1 | ||
| Standard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 | 8× NVIDIA A100 (80GB) | 640 GB | $32.77/hr | westus2 | ||
| g7e.48xlarge | 8× RTX PRO Server 6000 | 768 GB | $33.14/hr | us-east-1 | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | 262K | $0.130 | $0.520 | Available | |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | 262K | $0.130 | $0.600 | Available | |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | 262K | $0.220 | $0.880 | Current | |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | 262K | $0.210 | $0.880 | Available |