Model Comparison 2026

Qwen3 235B A22B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3 235B A22B
Alibaba (Qwen) · Budget · Open weights
$0.09/1M · 262K ctx
Qwen3.7 Plus
Alibaba (Qwen) · Balanced · Proprietary
$0.61/1M · 1M ctx

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Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Qwen3 235B
Qwen3.7 Plus
Maker
Alibaba (Qwen)
Alibaba (Qwen)
Blended price / 1M
$0.09
$0.61
Input / output
$0.09 in · $0.10 out / 1M tokens
$0.32 in · $1.28 out / 1M tokens
Context window
262K
1M
Open weights
Yes
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
No
Yes
Output Quality
8.0
8.4
Agentic Ability
8.0
8.3
Speed
8.2
8.4
Value for $
10.0
9.1
Reliability
8.8
8.7

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Qwen3 235B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Updated 2026-06-22

Choose Qwen3 235B A22B if you want self-hosted or ultra-cheap open-weight agents. Choose Qwen3.7 Plus if you want high-volume agent work that needs long context cheaply.

In our editorial scoring, Qwen3.7 Plus leads in 3 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability and speed), while Qwen3 235B A22B leads in 2. On price, Qwen3 235B A22B runs about $0.09 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; Qwen3.7 Plus is about $0.61 and proprietary.

Where Qwen3 235B falls short
  • Behind frontier models on quality
  • Needs real GPUs to self-host well
Full Qwen3 235B breakdown →
Where Qwen3.7 Plus falls short
  • Below Max on hard tasks
  • Hosted, not open weights
Full Qwen3.7 Plus breakdown →

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