Qwen Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: price rise input $0.090 → $0.140 per 1M tokens (+56 %), output $0.550 → $0.800 per 1M tokens (+45 %)

On the listed price of Qwen Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 changed: input $0.090 → $0.140 per 1M tokens (+56 %); output $0.550 → $0.800 per 1M tokens (+45 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Qwen Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is more expensive on OpenRouter. Source: price page as read.

What it does to a task

Standard tasks, visible output only, no cache discount; month = 20 tasks an hour around the clock.

Price change: Published input and output rates before and now; both money axes start at zero. Published rates · Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.
Price change.Published rates · Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
TaskPer task, beforePer task, nowPer month, beforePer month, now
L1 · Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0002$0.0004$3.58$5.40
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.016$0.025$233.02$360.04
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.123$0.191$1,800.84$2,794.00

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Published rates · Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

What the price change does to your bill

The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change.

Input / 1M tokens$0.09 → $0.14$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80Output / 1M tokens$0.55 → $0.80$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80Input / 1M tokens$0.09 → $0.14$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80Output / 1M tokens$0.55 → $0.80$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80

Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.

Before$233.02Now$360.04$0$100$200$300$400Before$233.02Now$360.04$0$100$200$300$400
Fresh inputVisible output

159,000 input + 3,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$127.02 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$3.58Now$5.40$0$2$4$6Before$3.58Now$5.40$0$2$4$6
Fresh inputVisible output

1,500 input + 200 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$1.83 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$1,800.84Now$2,794.00$0$1,000$2,000$3,000Before$1,800.84Now$2,794.00$0$1,000$2,000$3,000
Fresh inputVisible output

1,315,500 input + 9,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$993.17 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Assumption: 20 tasks/hour × 730 hours. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

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Confirmed price change

First seen and confirmed are different dates.

  1. Before
  2. First seen
  3. Confirmed
Published rate / 1MBeforeNow
Input$0.09$0.14
Output$0.55$0.80

A second measurement on a later date confirmed each new rate. The dates describe our readings, not a provider announcement date.

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.