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Qwen3-235B-A22B

Alibaba’s flagship open-weight Qwen3 MoE model, built for strong reasoning, coding, and agentic use with Apache 2.0 availability.

Qwen3 Released 2025-04-28 Updated May 20, 2026
Post Reboot Practical Scores

Capability profile

86.1
Reasoning 90.0
Coding 91.0
Writing 83.0
Speed 76.0
Cost efficiency 87.0
Image understanding 68.0
Pricing
Input
Local / provider-dependent
Output
Local / provider-dependent
Cached input
N/A
Context
128K tokens
Free tier
Yes
API
Available
Subscription
Qwen Chat plus provider-dependent hosted access
Open-source status
open weights
Best Use Cases
Best for
  • Teams that want a serious open-weight frontier alternative with strong multilingual and agentic behavior.
Best workflows
  • Local agents
  • self-hosted coding assistants
  • multilingual reasoning
  • and open-stack experimentation.
Weakest at
  • Turnkey enterprise API simplicity compared with the most polished closed-model platforms.
Not ideal for
  • Teams that only want a dead-simple managed premium API with minimal ops overhead.
Post Reboot Take

Qwen matters because it keeps the open-weight lane credible at the high end. It is not just a hobbyist release; it is a real option for builders who want control.

Alibaba’s flagship open-weight Qwen3 MoE model, built for strong reasoning, coding, and agentic use with Apache 2.0 availability.

Post Reboot take

Qwen matters because it keeps the open-weight lane credible at the high end. It is not just a hobbyist release; it is a real option for builders who want control.

Strengths

Best for: Teams that want a serious open-weight frontier alternative with strong multilingual and agentic behavior.

Weakest at: Turnkey enterprise API simplicity compared with the most polished closed-model platforms.

Best workflows: Local agents, self-hosted coding assistants, multilingual reasoning, and open-stack experimentation.

Example use cases: On-prem assistants, research deployments, coding agents, and multilingual applications.

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