Which is better for coding — Qwen3 235B A22B or Step-3.5-Flash?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — Qwen3 235B A22B or Step-3.5-Flash?

Step-3.5-Flash is cheaper for input: $0.10 per 1M tokens vs $0.20.

Which has a larger context window — Qwen3 235B A22B or Step-3.5-Flash?

Qwen3 235B A22B supports a larger context: 128,000 tokens vs 65,536.

Qwen3 235B A22B vs Step-3.5-Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	Qwen3 235B A22B	Step-3.5-Flash
Company	Alibaba	StepFun
Release Date	April 28, 2025	February 1, 2026
Parameters	235B	196B
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	128K	66K
Context (output)	128K	8K
Input Price / 1M	$0.20	$0.10
Output Price / 1M	$0.60	$0.40
Average Score	0.9	0.8

Verdict

Step-3.5-Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Qwen3 235B A22B — 0.9, Step-3.5-Flash — 0.8.

API Cost

Step-3.5-Flash is 1.6x cheaper: input $0.10/1M vs $0.20/1M tokens.

Context Window

Qwen3 235B A22B supports a larger context: 128K vs 66K tokens.

Recency

Step-3.5-Flash is newer: released 2/1/2026 vs 4/28/2025.

More About These Models

Qwen3 235B A22B

Alibaba — specs, benchmarks, API

Step-3.5-Flash

StepFun — specs, benchmarks, API

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The Qwen3 235B A22B and Step-3.5-Flash comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Qwen3 235B A22B or Step-3.5-Flash page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.