Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Fable 5.1 cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($1.50 vs $50.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Fable 5.1?

Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Claude Fable 5.1

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Fable 5.1 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Claude Fable 5.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Claude Fable 5.1
Provider	Prime Inference	Prime Inference
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$10.00
Output / 1M tokens	$1.50	$50.00
Context window	262K	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2025	Sep 2026

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct details →Claude Fable 5.1 details →

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