Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) at $0.920 in and $1.84 out and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at $0.460 in and $4.60 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

AionLabs

0.61¢

for a client proposal

$0.920 in · $1.84 out / 1M

33K context · released February 2025

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen

0.6¢

for a client proposal

$0.460 in · $4.60 out / 1M

131K context · released September 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 1.2¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at $0.460 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) at $1.84 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at 131K tokens — about 190 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

0.28¢

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

0.32¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

0.61¢

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

0.6¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

needs 155K ctx

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

needs 35K ctx

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

2.1¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

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Pricing

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$0.920

$0.460

Output / 1M tokens

$1.84

$4.60

Specs

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Provider

AionLabs

Qwen

Released

February 2025

September 2025

Context window

33K

131K

Max output

33K

Input

Text

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2023-12-31

2025-03-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

AionLabs

0.28¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen

0.32¢

for this task

29% input · 71% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.6¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 836 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking has the largest context window here — 131K tokens.

On price, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.6¢.

For images or files, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking can read them directly; Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) pricing →Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at 0.6¢; Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) at 0.61¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking — 131K tokens, about 190 pages.

Can I run Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.2¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.2¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.