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

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.88 vs $5.00 per 1M).

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

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

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 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 Haiku 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 Haiku 4.5
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$1.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.88	$5.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Aug 2025	Oct 2025

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