Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 vs o3 Mini
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
235.1 B
Context
262,144
30d
16 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
openai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.10
Output / 1M
$4.40
AA index
12.5
proprietary · 200K context
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 | o3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | API-only (closed weights) |
| Parameters | 235.1 B | n/a — API-only |
| Architecture | Qwen3MoeForCausalLM | n/a — API-only |
| Context length | 262,144 | 200,000 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Per API terms |
| Languages | — | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads 30d | 15,922 | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads all time | 662 K | n/a — API-only |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | n/a — API-only |
| Gated | No | n/a — API-only |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-07-25 | n/a — API-only |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.45 | $1.10 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $3.50 | $4.40 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $3.95 | $5.50 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — | $0.55 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.7 | 12.5 |
| AA Coding Index | 22.1 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 1.3 | — |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | 100,000 |
| API providers | 1 | 1 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | Yes |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
$3.95
o3 Mini
$5.50
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is 1.4× cheaper at list price.
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 · fp16 @ 256K ctx
1,646.2 GB / 24 GB