Is Qwen3 VL 235B or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 235B is cheaper on output tokens ($1.50 vs $30.00 per 1M).

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

Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (198K tokens).

Qwen3 VL 235B vs Claude Opus 4.5

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

Spec	Qwen3 VL 235B	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$6.00
Output / 1M tokens	$1.50	$30.00
Context window	128K	198K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jan 2026	Dec 2025

Qwen3 VL 235B details →Claude Opus 4.5 details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.