Is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.60 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.5

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Abacus	Abacus
Input / 1M tokens	$0.13	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.60	$25.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2025	Nov 2025

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