Cheapest Qwen Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

The cheapest Qwen model is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct at $0.040 per million input tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ($0.048) and Qwen3 8B ($0.050) round out the top three.

$0.040Input /M

73 t/sSpeed

131KContext

AI models ranked by input token price. The most affordable large language model APIs, from budget open-weight models to discounted frontier models.

1Q
qwen-2.5-7b-instruct
73 t/s · 405ms ttft · 131K ctx
$0.040
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2Q
qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507
ToolsJSON15.0 intel · 91 t/s · 274ms ttft
$0.048
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3Q
qwen3-8b
ReasoningToolsJSON10.6 intel · 131K ctx
$0.050
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4Q
qwen3.5-flash-02-23
ReasoningToolsJSON+177 t/s · 642ms ttft · 1M ctx
$0.065
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5Q
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct
ToolsJSON20.0 intel · 69 t/s · 983ms ttft
$0.070
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6Q
qwen3-vl-8b-instruct
ToolsJSONVision14.3 intel · 60 t/s · 455ms ttft
$0.080
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7Q
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507
ReasoningToolsJSON22.4 intel · 95 t/s · 374ms ttft
$0.080
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8Q
qwen3-32b
ReasoningToolsJSON328 t/s · 321ms ttft · 131K ctx
$0.080
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9Q
qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
ToolsJSON20.1 intel · 76 t/s · 583ms ttft
$0.090
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10Q
qwen3-235b-a22b-2507
ToolsJSON25.0 intel · 84 t/s · 298ms ttft
$0.090
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11Q
qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
ReasoningToolsJSON26.7 intel · 172 t/s · 252ms ttft
$0.098
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12Q
qwen3.5-9b
ReasoningToolsJSON+132.4 intel · 75 t/s · 370ms ttft
$0.100
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13Q
qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507
ReasoningToolsJSON29.5 intel · 262K ctx
$0.100
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14Q
qwen3-14b
ReasoningToolsJSON16.2 intel · 66 t/s · 349ms ttft
$0.100
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15Q
qwen3-vl-32b-instruct
ToolsJSONVision24.7 intel · 262K ctx
$0.104
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16Q
qwen3-coder-next
ToolsJSON28.3 intel · 111 t/s · 636ms ttft
$0.110
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17Q
qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
ReasoningToolsJSON+116.7 intel · 139 t/s · 508ms ttft
$0.117
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18Q
qwen3-30b-a3b
ReasoningToolsJSON15.3 intel · 91 t/s · 279ms ttft
$0.120
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19Q
qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking
ReasoningToolsJSON+119.7 intel · 69 t/s · 480ms ttft
$0.130
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20Q
qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct
ToolsJSONVision16.0 intel · 46 t/s · 361ms ttft
$0.130
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21Q
qwen3.5-35b-a3b
ReasoningToolsJSON+130.7 intel · 153 t/s · 150ms ttft
$0.140
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22Q
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
ReasoningToolsJSON+131.5 intel · 172 t/s · 180ms ttft
$0.150
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23Q
qwen3.6-flash
ReasoningToolsJSON+1109 t/s · 872ms ttft · 1M ctx
$0.188
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24Q
qwen3.5-27b
ReasoningToolsJSON+137.2 intel · 54 t/s · 868ms ttft
$0.195
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25Q
qwen3-coder-flash
ToolsJSON40 t/s · 1.4s ttft · 1M ctx
$0.195
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Frequently asked

What is the cheapest Qwen model?

The cheapest Qwen model is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct at $0.040 per million input tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ($0.048) and Qwen3 8B ($0.050) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ($0.048) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Qwen3 8B ($0.050). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many Qwen models are there?

modelgrep tracks 49 Qwen models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Qwen3.7 Max. 25 of them qualify for this ranking.

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