Is Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Qwen3 235B-A22B cheaper?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is cheaper on output tokens ($1.40 vs $2.80 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 235B-A22B has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 235B-A22B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Qwen3 235B-A22B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)	Qwen3 235B-A22B
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$1.40	$2.80
Context window	8K	131K
Parameters	—	235B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jan 2024	Apr 2025

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) details →Qwen3 235B-A22B details →

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