Qwen3 235B A22B API pricing

10 providers serve Qwen3 235B A22B. Qwen3 235B A22B is an open-weight model (Apache-2.0) with 235B total parameters, 22B active per token (mixture-of-experts), up to 262K context. Prices below are per 1M tokens, cheapest input first (self-hosting math further down).

Refreshed 2026-08-23 · list prices from provider APIs

Input floor $0.071/1M at OpenRouter Output floor $0.100/1M at OpenRouter Find your workload winner →

Provider	Input $/1M	Output $/1M	Cache read $/1M	Context
OpenRouter	$0.071	$0.100output floor	-	262K	Use
DeepInfra	$0.180	$0.540	-	41K	Use
Nebius	$0.200	$0.600	-	262K	Use
Novita AI	$0.200	$0.800	-	41K	Use
Google Vertex AI	$0.220	$0.880	-	262K	Use
Fireworks AI	$0.220	$0.880	-	131K	Use
Replicate	$0.264	$1.06	-	-	Use
Scaleway	$0.750	$2.25	-	256K	Use
Hyperbolic	$2.00	$2.00	-	131K	Use
Crusoe	$3.00	$3.00	-	262K	Use

The cheapest way to run Qwen3 235B A22B

On an illustrative 70M-input / 30M-output monthly workload, today's lowest listed cost is roughly $7.97/month, at OpenRouter. Input-heavy, output-heavy and cache-heavy workloads can produce different winners. Use the live mix calculator below rather than combining floors from two different providers. On output-token cost alone, the API floor remains below our self-hosting estimate of ~$0.302/1M. Details below. Run your own numbers in the breakeven calculator, or read the breakeven math.

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Cache read uses the listed cache rate where available; otherwise it falls back to normal input price. Batch, write-cache, volume and negotiated discounts are excluded.

Or run it yourself: Qwen3 235B A22B self-hosting economics

Qwen3 235B A22B is open-weight (Apache-2.0), so the API price above competes with the GPU-hour market. 235B total parameters (MoE, ~22B active per token) needs roughly 324 GB VRAM at FP8 or 162 GB at INT4, KV-cache headroom included.

No single GPU fits Qwen3 235B A22B at FP8 (324 GB needed), so it needs a multi-GPU node. Cheapest tracked option: 2× MI300X (192 GB each) at roughly $1.00/hr total (RunPod). Rent 2× MI300X at RunPod → INT4 quantization drops the requirement to 162 GB. Tune it in the calculator.

Breakeven estimate: a well-batched vLLM deployment on 2× MI300X ($1.00/hr) at ~1841 aggregate tok/s and 50% utilization works out to roughly $0.302 per 1M output tokens, versus $0.100 via the cheapest output-token API (OpenRouter). The API is cheaper unless your utilization or throughput beats these assumptions. Planning estimate: throughput varies with hardware, quantization, batch size and context. Tune it in the calculator.

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct	$0.100	$0.900	7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking	$0.140	$0.900	7
Qwen3-Coder-480b-A35b-Instruct	$0.220	$1.30	6
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	$0.210	$0.880	5

FAQ

What is the cheapest API for Qwen3 235B A22B?

As of 2026-08-23, the lowest input price for Qwen3 235B A22B is OpenRouter at $0.071 per 1M input tokens. The lowest output price is OpenRouter at $0.100 per 1M output tokens. The cheapest provider for a real workload depends on its input/output mix. The next-lowest input price is DeepInfra at $0.180, a 154% difference.

How much VRAM do you need to self-host Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen3 235B A22B has 235B parameters, so plan for roughly 324 GB of VRAM at FP8 or 162 GB at INT4/AWQ, KV-cache headroom included. That exceeds a single GPU. A typical node is 2× MI300X.

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