Qwen-Plus vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Qwen-Plus and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 cost about the same per output token ($0.78 vs $0.775 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 2 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen-Plus or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen-Plus for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 2
- Qwen-Plus only
- 26
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 only
- 22
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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 Instruct 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 12.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1058.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen-Plus
Qwen-Plus takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Qwen-Plus $0.0006, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 $0.0005 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen-Plus not benchmarked, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- General, 1.6 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- DTBench: Qwen-Plus 81.1% against Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 78.4%, 2.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen-Plus $0.78 against Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 $0.775 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen-Plus takes 1M tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Qwen-Plus | Bars | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 2 | 0 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 78.8% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 41.4% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 15.2% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 38.7% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1328 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1343 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 12.0 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 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, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 52.1% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 15.9% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 11.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 1.3% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1316 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1328 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1333 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 91.0 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 17.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| MATH level 5 | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1326 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1332 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.3% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1352 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1350 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1349 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1303 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1058 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 963 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 951 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1070 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 995 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1038 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 51.2% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 72.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 measured |
| DTBench | 81.1% | 78.4% | Qwen-Plus |
| LMCA | 24.0% | 23.5% | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text | 1326 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1303 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1292 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1338 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1310 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1347 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1251 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1323 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1336 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1324 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1296 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1270 | Not measured | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 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
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 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.
| Specification | Qwen-Plus | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | February 1, 2025 | July 21, 2025 |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.26 | $0.145 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.78 | $0.775 |
| 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 Qwen-Plus better than Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen-Plus for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Qwen-Plus or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
Qwen-Plus costs $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs $0.145 and $0.775. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen-Plus or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
Qwen-Plus, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen-Plus vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 comparison based on?
2 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. Qwen-Plus's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.