AI model comparison

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs o3 Mini High

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is a high-performance, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model optimized for complex reasoning tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.45
Output / 1M
$3.50
Context
128K

OpenAI o3-mini-high is the same model as [o3-mini](/openai/o3-mini) with reasoning_effort set to high.

Input / 1M
$1.10
Output / 1M
$4.40
Context
200K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

1.7x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

12.7 vs 11 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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o3 Mini High

200K vs 128K tokens

Newer release

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Released July 25, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250712.7
openai logoo3 Mini High11

Coding index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250722.1
openai logoo3 Mini High16.3

Agentic index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 25071.3
openai logoo3 Mini High0.9

Pricing

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs o3 Mini High API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507openai logoo3 Mini High
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.45$1.10
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$3.50$4.40
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokensNot available$0.55
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available
Web searchPer requestNot available$0.01

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$2.65
openai logoo3 Mini High$4.40

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$27.50
openai logoo3 Mini High$50.60$34.10 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$74.50
openai logoo3 Mini High$173.80$91.30 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507openai logoo3 Mini High
Context window128K tokens200K tokens
Max output16K tokens100K tokens
Input typesTextFile, Text
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableHigh
Default reasoning effortNot availableHigh
Release dateJuly 25, 2025February 12, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507openai logoo3 Mini High
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsNot supportedSupported
JSON modeNot supportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedNot supported
Stop sequencesSupportedNot supported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is 1.7x cheaper for a typical chat. Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (12.7 vs 11). o3 Mini High has the larger context window (200K vs 128K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or o3 Mini High cheaper?

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $3.50 per 1M output tokens, while o3 Mini High costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or o3 Mini High?

o3 Mini High supports up to 200K tokens of context, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507.

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 smarter than o3 Mini High?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 scores 12.7 and o3 Mini High scores 11, putting Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and o3 Mini High at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and o3 Mini High answer side by side and keep the better response.

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