Qwen3 VL 235B API

Qwen3 VL 235B is a large language model by Alibaba Qwen, available on the Venice API as qwen3-vl-235b-a22b. It runs privately, with zero data retention.Qwen3-VL 235B vision-language model with MoE architecture. The most powerful VL model in the Qwen series with superior visual perception, OCR, and multimodal reasoning.

Qwen3 VL 235B API pricing

Model ID	Variant	Privacy	Price
`qwen3-vl-235b-a22b`	Standard	Private	$0.21 input /$ 1.90 output per 1M tokens

Qwen3 VL 235B specifications

Spec	Value
Provider	Alibaba Qwen
Released	Jan 16, 2026
Privacy	Private
Open weights	Yes
Context window	125K tokens
Max output	16K tokens
Served precision	FP8

How to use the Qwen3 VL 235B API

Send requests to POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions with "model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b" and your API key.

curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain TEE attestation in two sentences." }]
  }'

Qwen3 VL 235B API FAQ

How much does the Qwen3 VL 235B API cost?

0.21 per 1M input tokens and

1.90 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.10 per 1M. Prices are in USD and can be paid in DIEM at parity.

What is the Qwen3 VL 235B model ID?

Use qwen3-vl-235b-a22b as the model parameter.

Is the Qwen3 VL 235B API private?

Qwen3 VL 235B is private: requests run on infrastructure Venice controls with zero data retention, and prompts and outputs are never stored or used for training.

What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 235B?

125K tokens of context, with up to 16K output tokens per response.

What does Qwen3 VL 235B support?

Qwen3 VL 235B supports function calling, structured outputs, image input, web search and prompt caching.

Which endpoint does the Qwen3 VL 235B API use?

Call POST /chat/completions. /responses (Alpha) is also supported.

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