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Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Alibaba's updated 235B-parameter MoE language model with 22B active params, optimized for reasoning, coding, and long-context instruction following.

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Provider
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Price
$0.15 in · $0.75 out / 1M
Context window
128K tokens
Released
July 21, 2025
License
Apache 2.0

What is Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is an updated open-weights mixture-of-experts language model from Alibaba's Qwen team, released in July 2025. It activates 22 billion parameters per forward pass from 235 billion total, optimized for reasoning, coding, math, and long-context instruction following in non-thinking mode.

Use it privately on Venice

On Venice, Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 runs with zero retention of your prompts and supports tool use, web search, and structured JSON output. It is served as open weights in FP8 quantization, giving you permissionless access to a frontier MoE model without Big-Tech surveillance or training-data profiling.

Private (zero retention)
No prompt training
TEE · hardware enclave
End-to-end encrypted

What can it do?

Strengths
  • Extremely efficient MoE architecture235B parameters with only 22B activated per token, delivering frontier reasoning at a fraction of the inference cost of dense models.
  • Strong reasoning, coding, and math performance — benchmarks place it competitively against proprietary models on math, code, and alignment evaluations.
  • Native 256K context window (262,144 tokens) for deep document analysis and large-codebase comprehension.
  • Open weights under Apache 2.0, enabling self-hosting, fine-tuning, and full model sovereignty.
  • Supports tool use, web search, and structured JSON output for agentic workflows on Venice.
  • Multilingual with expanded long-tail knowledge coverage across many languages.
Limitations
  • Non-thinking mode only — it does not generate extended reasoning chains, which may limit performance on tasks that benefit from explicit step-by-step deliberation.
  • No vision or multimodal support; it is strictly a text-generation model.
  • While open weights, it is not uncensored and carries standard safety alignment that may refuse certain requests.
  • Venice serves the model in FP8 quantization, which trades a small amount of precision for efficiency compared to the full-precision variant.
  • Reviews note it can struggle with basic classification and tabular data tasks relative to its strengths in reasoning and long-context work.

Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 capabilities

How to use it via API

Venice exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Swap your base URL and call qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507.

curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum tunneling simply." }]
  }'

Specifications

MakerAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
ReleasedJuly 21, 2025
ModalityText generation
ArchitectureMixture-of-Experts (MoE), 128 experts / 8 activated
Parameters235B total / 22B activated per forward pass
Open weightsYes — Apache 2.0
Context window128K tokens
Max output16.384K tokens
CapabilitiesFunction calling, Web search
Privacy on VenicePrivate — zero retention
Available on Venice sinceApr 2025

Pricing

Billed per token on Venice: $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens.

Input / 1M tokens
$0.15
Output / 1M tokens
$0.75

New Venice accounts include a free daily allowance and 500 welcome credits — no credit card required.

Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs alternatives

ModelPrice (Venice)Context windowOpen weightsBest for
Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507$0.15 in · $0.75 out / 1M128K tokensYesReasoning, coding & long context
DeepSeek V3.2$0.33 in · $0.48 out / 1M160K tokensYesAgentic coding & inference
Kimi K2.6$0.75 in · $3.50 out / 1M256K tokensYesLong-context reasoning
Claude Opus 4.8$6 in · $30 out / 1M1M tokensNoMaximum proprietary capability

Updated MoE flagship with 22B active params — strong math, code, and alignment performance at a fraction of rival pricing.

What is it good for?

  • High-volume coding assistance and automated code review where MoE efficiency keeps costs low.
  • Deep document analysis, legal discovery, and research synthesis leveraging its 256K native context window.
  • Agentic workflows that require tool calling, web search, and structured JSON output.
  • Multilingual content generation and translation across long-tail languages.
  • Mathematical and scientific reasoning tasks where benchmark scores show strong capability.

Prompting tips

  • Be explicit and direct in prompts — the model excels at instruction following when tasks are clearly defined.
  • Use the structured JSON output capability by supplying a strict schema in your prompt for reliable data extraction.
  • Feed entire documents or large codebases into the context window rather than chunking; it handles 256K tokens natively.
  • For coding tasks, include test cases or expected output formats to steer the model toward correct implementations.

Version history

Qwen3-235B-A22B
2025

Base non-thinking variant.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
2025-07

CurrentCurrent updated instruct version with improved reasoning and alignment.

Frequently asked questions

It is an open-weights mixture-of-experts language model released by Alibaba's Qwen team in July 2025. It has 235 billion total parameters with 22 billion activated per token, optimized for reasoning, coding, math, and long-context instruction following in non-thinking mode.

On Venice, it costs $0.15 per 1 million input tokens and $0.75 per 1 million output tokens. You pay only for the tokens you use, with no subscription required.

Yes. The model weights are released under the Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face, enabling self-hosting and fine-tuning. On Venice, it is served as open weights with FP8 quantization.

Yes. On Venice, the model supports function calling, web search, and structured JSON output, making it suitable for agentic workflows that interact with external tools and APIs.

Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on input and excels at math and alignment, while DeepSeek V3.2 offers a slightly larger context window and lower output pricing. Both are open-weights MoE models, so the best choice depends on your specific workload and cost structure.

The model natively supports 262,144 tokens (256K). On Venice, it is available with a 128K token context window and up to 16,384 tokens of max output per generation.

Venice offers a free tier that lets you try the model without a credit card. Beyond the free tier, usage is billed per token at the stated rates.

No. While it runs privately on Venice with zero prompt retention, the model itself carries standard safety alignment and is not marketed as uncensored. It may refuse certain harmful or restricted requests.

No. This is a text-only model. It does not accept images, audio, or video.

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