Moondream 3 Preview vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Moondream 3 Preview costs 1.4x less per output token than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 ($2.50 vs $3.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.

Replace Moondream 3 Preview Replace Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $2.50

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen

Coding: No data
Overall: 52.9
Output $/M: $3.50

vs $2.50 vs $3.50 per 1M output tokens. Moondream 3 Preview is 1.4x cheaper.

Moondream 3 Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Moondream 3 Preview for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($2.50 vs $3.50 per million).

Model AMoondream 3 PreviewMoondreamNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507QwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

No benchmark has tested both yet. Moondream 3 Preview has none yet; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 on AA Coding Index, WeirdML and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 12.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.3.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1052.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 takes 128K tokens against 32K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Moondream 3 Preview
Moondream 3 Preview $0.0015, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $0.0022 per turn.
List prices

At a glance

Coding index: Moondream 3 Preview not benchmarked, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 not benchmarked.
Widest category: None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
Widest single gap: None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
Output price: Moondream 3 Preview $2.50 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $3.50 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
Context window: Moondream 3 Preview takes 32K tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 128K.

Benchmark by benchmark

Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.

CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index4 boards measured

Coding benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
AA Coding Index	Not measured	22.1	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
WeirdML	Not measured	41.0%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: coding	Not measured	1424	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: software and IT	Not measured	1431	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here

IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured

Intelligence benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	Not measured	12.7	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured

Agentic work benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
AA Agentic Index	Not measured	1.3	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Vending-Bench 2	Not measured	-$11	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here

ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured

Reasoning benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)	Not measured	80.1%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Mystery game puzzles	Not measured	9.0%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts	Not measured	1416	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: expert	Not measured	1463	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	Not measured	1432	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here

MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured

Math benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
OTIS Mock AIME	Not measured	86.7%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: math	Not measured	1412	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work	Not measured	1435	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here

KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured

Knowledge benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
SimpleQA Verified	Not measured	40.4%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: science	Not measured	1433	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	Not measured	1456	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: legal and government	Not measured	1415	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: business and finance	Not measured	1413	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured

Web design benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
Design Arena: websites	Not measured	1052	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	942	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: game dev	Not measured	956	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	950	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: 3D	Not measured	997	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: all code categories	Not measured	1032	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here

GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20 boards measured

General benchmarks for Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Benchmark	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Leader
DTBench	Not measured	80.3%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMCA	Not measured	29.3%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Fiction.LiveBench	Not measured	75.0%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)	Not measured	82.4%	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text	Not measured	1415	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: instruction following	Not measured	1386	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: creative writing	Not measured	1384	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: English	Not measured	1429	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: non-English	Not measured	1397	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Chinese	Not measured	1481	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: German	Not measured	1408	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Japanese	Not measured	1386	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Korean	Not measured	1375	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish	Not measured	1389	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Russian	Not measured	1401	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: Polish	Not measured	1390	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	Not measured	1406	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: longer queries	Not measured	1400	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: writing and language	Not measured	1388	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	Not measured	1370	Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Moondream 3 Preview$0.0015Fits in one request

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.0022Fits in one request

Moondream 3 Preview costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Moondream 3 Preview$0.022Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.033Fits in one request

Moondream 3 Preview costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Moondream 3 Preview$0.085Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.125Exceeds the context window

Moondream 3 Preview costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Specification	Moondream 3 Preview	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Maker	Moondream	Qwen
Weights	Open weights	Open weights
Released	October 15, 2026	July 25, 2025
Context window	32K	128K
Input $/Mtok	$0.30	$0.45
Output $/Mtok	$2.50	$3.50
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	0	0
Cost per solved task	Not computable	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Moondream 3 Preview better than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Moondream 3 Preview for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($2.50 vs $3.50 per million).

Which is cheaper, Moondream 3 Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

Moondream 3 Preview costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 and $3.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Moondream 3 Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507, with 128K tokens against 32K.

Has any benchmark tested both Moondream 3 Preview and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

No benchmark has tested both yet. Moondream 3 Preview has none yet; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 on AA Coding Index, WeirdML and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.

Moondream 3 Preview or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Agentic work

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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