Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs TheDrummer Cydonia 24B V4.1
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is 1.7× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 output costs $0.35 per 1M via GMICloud, against the list price of $0.55.
- Cydonia 24B V4.1 is the newer model (released 2025-09-27).
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Cydonia 24B V4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | TheDrummer |
| Released | 2025-07-21 | 2025-09-27 |
| Input / 1M | $0.09 | $0.30 |
| Output / 1M | $0.55 | $0.50 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.15 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.205 | $0.35 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 16K | 118K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 4 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.35 | $0.50 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 99.79% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
$13.65 per month$0.46 per day
Cydonia 24B V4.1
$25.50 per month$0.85 per day
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 saves $11.85 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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