Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
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.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.