by Alibaba (Qwen Team)

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct.

multimodal open weights datacenter 235B params 262K ctx
Cheapest input
$0.2/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Cheapest output
$0.88/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Fastest
53 tok/s
on OpenRouter
Smallest GPU
1× AMD MI300

Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Instruct is an open-weight multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Instruct model targets general vision-language use (VQA, document

Smallest GPU to run it See all quantisations →

1× AMD MI300.

Most-aggressive quantisation we have a working recommendation for. Lower precision = less VRAM = cheaper hardware, at a small accuracy cost.

Where to use it

Cheapest hosted endpoints.

Provider Access $/M in $/M out
Alibaba DashScope api direct $0.2 $0.88 Launch ↗
DeepInfra hosted inference $0.2 $0.88 Launch ↗
OpenRouter api aggregator $0.2 $0.88 Launch ↗
Performance

Speed across providers.

Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.

Provider Tokens/sec TTFT Total
OpenRouter 52.7 721 ms 2202 ms
FAQ

Frequently asked.

How do I run Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is open-weight, so you can self-host on rented GPUs. See the Run It Yourself tab for GPU configurations + cost estimates, or use one of the hosted inference providers listed on this page.
Where can I access Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is available via Alibaba DashScope, DeepInfra, OpenRouter. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
API pricing starts at $0.2/M input tokens and $0.88/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open-source or proprietary?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is open-weight under the license. You can download and self-host it.