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# Compare alternatives to Qwen3 235B A22B · Undominated.ai

> 51 alternatives score at least as high as Qwen3 235B A22B and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 46 preserve recorded capabilities; 5 have named trade-offs.

# Alternatives to Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen · LMArena 1366.6 · $0.796/M on a balanced workload · prices as of 2026-10-06

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## 46 models are higher-scoring or cheaper, with neither dimension worse.

Of the 144 models carrying both an independent score and a published price at the same delivery mode, **51** score at least as high as Qwen3 235B A22B and cost no more under at least one listed workload, with at least one of those dimensions improved. **46** match or beat its recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning. **5** have a recorded capability loss, named on every row.

Dominance is not a property of a model. It is a property of a model, a capability lens and a workload, and all three are named on every row. Scores are LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset; prices are blended per million tokens. A higher score is not a drop-in replacement.

This page is built only while a candidate improves score or price without worsening the other under a listed workload. When that comparison no longer holds, it is not generated.

## Where it holds

| Workload | Qwen3 235B A22B $/M | Recorded capabilities preserved | Recorded capability losses |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balanced | $0.796 | 37 | 5 |
| Summarise | $0.523 | 44 | 5 |
| Chat | $1.00 | 36 | 5 |
| Code gen | $1.27 | 33 | 5 |
| Agentic | $0.660 | 43 | 5 |

Workload mixes are defined on the [methodology page](/methodology/). Cached input is priced at the cached rate, and reasoning tokens at the worse of the reasoning and output rates.

## What you would be replacing

| Intelligence | 1366.6 |
| --- | --- |
| Context window | 131K |
| Max output | 8K |
| Input modes | text |
| Tool use | yes |
| Extended reasoning | yes |

Preserving recorded capabilities requires matching or beating these fields. [Full record for Qwen3 235B A22B](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b/), or [check Qwen3 235B A22B against the whole catalogue](/check/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b/).

## Recorded capabilities preserved 46

Each option has a higher score or a lower price, with neither dimension worse under the listed workloads. It matches or beats Qwen3 235B A22B on recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning.

| # | Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) Xiaomi | 1491 +124.4 | $0.540 | Balanced −32% Summarise −37% Chat −52% Code gen −48% Agentic −63% |
| 2 | [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) Z.ai | 1469.6 +103 | $0.238 | Balanced −70% Summarise −75% Chat −75% Code gen −72% Agentic −80% |
| 3 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) DeepSeek | 1462.5 +95.9 | $0.182 | Balanced −77% Summarise −87% Chat −75% Code gen −72% Agentic −84% |
| 4 | [MiMo-V2.5-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5-pro/) Xiaomi | 1465 +98.4 | $0.544 | Balanced −32% Summarise −36% Chat −52% Code gen −48% Agentic −63% |
| 5 | [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) Xiaomi | 1456.4 +89.8 | $0.175 | Balanced −78% Summarise −79% Chat −85% Code gen −83% Agentic −88% |
| 6 | [Qwen3.7 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.7-plus/) Qwen | 1454.6 +88 | $0.560 | Balanced −30% Summarise −44% Chat −37% Code gen −31% Agentic −53% |
| 7 | [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) Google | 1443.4 +76.8 | $0.205 | Balanced −74% Summarise −71% Chat −76% Code gen −77% Agentic −73% |
| 8 | [Hy3](/models/tencent__hy3/) Tencent | 1440.7 +74.1 | $0.231 | Balanced −71% Summarise −76% Chat −74% Code gen −72% Agentic −80% |
| 9 | [Qwen3.8 27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.8-27b/) Qwen | 1440.7 +74.1 | $0.562 | Balanced −29% Summarise −65% Chat −16% Code gen −4% Agentic −44% |
| 10 | [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) Google | 1433.9 +67.3 | $0.127 | Balanced −84% Summarise −87% Chat −85% Code gen −84% Agentic −88% |
| 11 | [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) DeepSeek | 1432.1 +65.5 | $0.113 | Balanced −86% Summarise −86% Chat −90% Code gen −89% Agentic −91% |
| 12 | [GLM 4.6](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6/) Z.ai | 1439.9 +73.3 | $0.760 | Balanced −5% Summarise −24% Chat −15% Code gen −6% Agentic −36% |
| 13 | [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.6-plus/) Qwen | 1436.7 +70.1 | $0.731 | Balanced −8% Summarise −22% Chat −3% Agentic −14% |
| 14 | [GLM 4.7](/models/z-ai__glm-4.7/) Z.ai | 1435.5 +68.9 | $0.738 | Balanced −7% Summarise −28% Chat −16% Code gen −7% Agentic −38% |
| 15 | [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax__minimax-m3/) MiniMax | 1432.1 +65.5 | $0.485 | Balanced −39% Summarise −51% Chat −46% Code gen −41% Agentic −59% |
| 16 | [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-5.6-luna/) OpenAI | 1431 +64.4 | $0.450 | Balanced −43% Summarise −62% Chat −45% Code gen −38% Agentic −63% |
| 17 | [MiMo-V2.5](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5/) Xiaomi | 1427.5 +60.9 | $0.175 | Balanced −78% Summarise −79% Chat −85% Code gen −83% Agentic −88% |
| 18 | [DeepSeek V3.2](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2/) DeepSeek | 1424.5 +57.9 | $0.290 | Balanced −64% Summarise −56% Chat −73% Code gen −75% Agentic −70% |
| 19 | [DeepSeek V3.2 Exp](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.2-exp/) DeepSeek | 1422.4 +55.8 | $0.305 | Balanced −62% Summarise −47% Chat −67% Code gen −72% Agentic −56% |
| 20 | [DeepSeek V3.1](/models/deepseek__deepseek-chat-v3.1/) DeepSeek | 1419.7 +53.1 | $0.453 | Balanced −43% Summarise −41% Chat −44% Code gen −44% Agentic −42% |
| 21 | [DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v3.1-terminus/) DeepSeek | 1417.1 +50.5 | $0.453 | Balanced −43% Summarise −41% Chat −44% Code gen −44% Agentic −42% |
| 22 | [Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview](/models/google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview/) Google | 1415.7 +49.1 | $0.563 | Balanced −29% Summarise −53% Chat −32% Code gen −23% Agentic −54% |
| 23 | [Qwen3.5-122B-A10B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-122b-a10b/) Qwen | 1417.1 +50.5 | $0.715 | Balanced −10% Summarise −33% Chat −1% Agentic −19% |
| 24 | [Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507/) Qwen | 1415.2 +48.6 | $0.748 | Balanced −6% Summarise −36% Agentic −18% |
| 25 | [Inkling Small](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling-small/) Thinking Machines | 1413.7 +47.1 | $0.638 | Balanced −20% Summarise −26% Chat −36% Code gen −32% Agentic −46% |
| 26 | [Qwen3.5-27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-27b/) Qwen | 1408.9 +42.3 | $0.536 | Balanced −33% Summarise −50% Chat −26% Code gen −20% Agentic −39% |
| 27 | [Step 3.5 Flash](/models/stepfun__step-3.5-flash/) StepFun | 1403 +36.4 | $0.150 | Balanced −81% Summarise −79% Chat −82% Code gen −83% Agentic −80% |
| 28 | [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax__minimax-m2.7/) MiniMax | 1404.6 +38 | $0.525 | Balanced −34% Summarise −47% Chat −41% Code gen −36% Agentic −56% |
| 29 | [Qwen3.5-Flash](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-flash-02-23/) Qwen | 1397 +30.4 | $0.114 | Balanced −86% Summarise −86% Chat −86% Code gen −86% Agentic −86% |
| 30 | [Qwen3.5-35B-A3B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-35b-a3b/) Qwen | 1394.4 +27.8 | $0.355 | Balanced −55% Summarise −70% Chat −54% Code gen −49% Agentic −67% |
| 31 | [GPT-6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-6-luna/) OpenAI | 1391.5 +24.9 | $0.200 | Balanced −75% Summarise −82% Chat −77% Code gen −74% Agentic −84% |
| 32 | [GLM 4.5 Air](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5-air/) Z.ai | 1383.9 +17.3 | $0.310 | Balanced −61% Summarise −74% Chat −61% Code gen −57% Agentic −73% |
| 33 | [Solar Pro 4](/models/upstage__solar-pro4/) Upstage | 1386.2 +19.6 | $0.525 | Balanced −34% Summarise −47% Chat −41% Code gen −36% Agentic −56% |
| 34 | [GLM 4.6V](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6v/) Z.ai | 1376.8 tie | $0.450 | Balanced −43% Summarise −51% Chat −54% Code gen −50% Agentic −63% |
| 35 | [GPT-5.4 Nano](/models/openai__gpt-5.4-nano/) OpenAI | 1372.1 tie | $0.463 | Balanced −42% Summarise −62% Chat −43% Code gen −36% Agentic −62% |
| 36 | [GPT-5 Mini](/models/openai__gpt-5-mini/) OpenAI | 1373.2 tie | $0.688 | Balanced −14% Summarise −48% Chat −12% Agentic −43% |
| 37 | [Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking](/models/qwen__qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking/) Qwen | 1368.3 tie | $0.413 | Balanced −48% Summarise −61% Chat −43% Code gen −39% Agentic −53% |
| 38 | [GLM 5.3](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3/) Z.ai | 1471.4 +104.8 | $0.346 summarise | Summarise −34% Agentic −1% |
| 39 | [GLM 5.2](/models/z-ai__glm-5.2/) Z.ai | 1470.4 +103.8 | $0.422 summarise | Summarise −19% |
| 40 | [Kimi K2.6](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) Moonshot AI | 1455.5 +88.9 | $0.460 summarise | Summarise −12% Agentic −18% |
| 41 | [GLM 5](/models/z-ai__glm-5/) Z.ai | 1446.3 +79.7 | $0.598 agentic | Agentic −9% |
| 42 | [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro/) DeepSeek | 1445.2 +78.6 | $0.502 summarise | Summarise −4% |
| 43 | [Qwen3.5 397B A17B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-397b-a17b/) Qwen | 1438 +71.4 | $0.488 summarise | Summarise −7% |
| 44 | [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) Google | 1434.7 +68.1 | $0.333 summarise | Summarise −36% Agentic −29% |
| 45 | [GLM 4.5](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5/) Z.ai | 1430.3 +63.7 | $0.548 agentic | Agentic −17% |
| 46 | [Gemini 2.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-2.5-flash/) Google | 1417 +50.4 | $0.333 summarise | Summarise −36% Agentic −29% |

## Alternatives with recorded capability losses 5

These improve score or price without worsening the other under the listed workloads, but reduce at least one recorded capability. Read the last column before switching.

| Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under | Recorded capability loss |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-235b-a22b-2507/) Qwen | 1419.3 +52.7 | $0.205 | Balanced −74% Summarise −78% Chat −73% Code gen −71% Agentic −76% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct/) Qwen | 1420.1 +53.5 | $0.370 | Balanced −54% Summarise −60% Chat −56% Code gen −53% Agentic −62% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct](/models/qwen__qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct/) Qwen | 1417.3 +50.7 | $0.268 | Balanced −66% Summarise −75% Chat −63% Code gen −60% Agentic −70% | no extended reasoning |
| [Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507](/models/qwen__qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/) Qwen | 1384.1 +17.5 | $0.143 | Balanced −82% Summarise −81% Chat −83% Code gen −83% Agentic −82% | no extended reasoning |
| [DeepSeek V3 0324](/models/deepseek__deepseek-chat-v3-0324/) DeepSeek | 1375 tie | $0.438 | Balanced −45% Summarise −45% Chat −45% Code gen −45% Agentic −45% | no extended reasoning |

## What this compares, and what it leaves out

 - Quality is LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset. The 95% confidence interval on a difference between two scores is about ±10.47 points, so a gap smaller than that is marked *tie* rather than an improvement — see [significance bands](/significance/).
 - 204 further models at this delivery mode carry a price but no independent score. They are absent from the comparison in both directions — unrated is not a zero, and an unmeasured model is neither an alternative nor a worse buy.
 - Retired models are never offered as an alternative, and a model only competes against its own delivery mode: batch trades latency for price, so it is not a like-for-like swap.
 - Nothing here measures latency, throughput, rate limits or how a model behaves on your prompts. Two models with the same index score are not interchangeable.
 - Models with no higher-scoring or cheaper alternative that is no worse on the other axis are on the [value frontier](/frontier/). Models with such an alternative are [listed here](/alternatives/).

## Continue your investigation

 - [Check requirements](/check/)
- [Compare exact differences](/compare/)
- [Set a quality floor](/cheapest-at/)
- [Inspect tier boundaries](/cliffs/)