Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash side by side: specs, capabilities, parameters, and live pricing from the EmpirioLabs catalog.

Alibaba Cloud Text Generation

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash at a glance

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash are both Alibaba Cloud models in the Text Generation category, available through the EmpirioLabs API.

Key differences

  • Both models were released on Feb 24, 2026.
  • Qwen3.5 Flash has the larger context window: 995.9K tokens, against 258K for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B.
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B returns up to 64,000 output tokens per response, Qwen3.5 Flash up to 32,768.
  • Capabilities listed only for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: multimodal.
  • Capabilities listed only for Qwen3.5 Flash: code interpreter.

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash: specs

SpecQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 Flash
Model IDqwen3-5-122b-a10bqwen3-5-flash
AuthorAlibaba CloudAlibaba Cloud
ReleasedFeb 24, 2026Feb 24, 2026
Context window258K tokens995.9K tokens
Max output64,000 tokens32,768 tokens
Input
Text Image Video
Text Image Video
Output
Text
Text
Structured outputJSON ModeJSON Mode
RegionChinaSingapore
Endpoints
POST /v1/chat/completions POST /v1/responses POST /v1/messages POST /v1beta/models/qwen3-5-122b-a10b:generateContent
POST /v1/chat/completions POST /v1/responses POST /v1/messages POST /v1beta/models/qwen3-5-flash:generateContent
Capabilities
reasoning vision web search function calling multimodal
vision web search code interpreter function calling reasoning

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash: API pricing

Live rates from the EmpirioLabs catalog for both models. Each rate card always matches what the API charges.

Type
Spec
Rate
Input
per 1M prompt tokens
$0.10$0.090
Output
per 1M generated tokens
$0.40$0.368
Web search
per call when invoked
$0.015
Text-to-image search
per call when invoked
$0.012
Image-to-image search
per call when invoked
$0.012
Web extractor
per call when invoked
$0.00
Code interpreter
per call when invoked
$0.00
Compare on the full pricing page

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash: API parameters

Request parameters each model lists on EmpirioLabs, with the allowed values or range where one applies. A dash marks a parameter the model does not list.

ParameterQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 Flash
temperature0 to 1.99 Default: 0.70 to 1.99 Default: 0.7
top_p0 to 1 Default: 0.90 to 1 Default: 0.9
max_tokens1 to 640001 to 65536
stopstring-
enable_thinkingboolean Default: trueboolean Default: true
reasoning_effortnone, low, medium, high, max-
thinking_budget1 to 819201 to 81920
seed0 to 21474836470 to 2147483647
top_k1 to 1001 to 100
presence_penalty-2 to 2-2 to 2
repetition_penalty0.1 to 20.1 to 2
n1 to 4 Default: 11 to 4 Default: 1
logprobsboolean Default: falseboolean Default: false
top_logprobs0 to 5 Default: 00 to 5 Default: 0
vl_high_resolution_imagesboolean Default: trueboolean Default: true
max_pixels4096 to 16777216 Default: 26214404096 to 16777216 Default: 2621440

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash: limits and notes

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Supports text, image, and video input. Web search is available through tool_web_search and adds $0.01 per request when enabled. Thinking tokens are billed as output tokens.

Qwen3.5 Flash

Built-in tools (billed only when invoked)

  • Web search: $0.015/call
  • Web extractor: free
  • Code interpreter: free
  • Text-to-image search: $0.012/call
  • Image-to-image search: $0.012/call

Other

  • Thinking tokens are billed as output tokens

Text-to-Image Search and Image-to-Image Search use the Image Search pricing row. Each invoked image search is billed at that listed per-call rate.

How to call Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B serves the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1 with your EmpirioLabs API key and use the model id qwen3-5-122b-a10b. Both models are called through the same endpoint. Set model to qwen3-5-122b-a10b or qwen3-5-flash. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.

cURL
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-5-122b-a10b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."}
    ]
  }'

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Qwen3.5 Flash: common questions

What is the difference between Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash?

Both models were released on Feb 24, 2026. Qwen3.5 Flash has the larger context window: 995.9K tokens, against 258K for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B returns up to 64,000 output tokens per response, Qwen3.5 Flash up to 32,768. The specs, rate cards, and parameters on this page come from the live EmpirioLabs catalog.

Which has the lower rate, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Qwen3.5 Flash?

The two models are priced on different units or tiers, so compare the live rate cards on this page. They always match what the API charges.

Can I switch between Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash without rebuilding my integration?

Yes. Both models use POST /v1/chat/completions with the same EmpirioLabs API key, so most integrations switch by changing the model value. Check the parameters table on this page first if you rely on a model-specific parameter.

Can I try Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 Flash in the browser before integrating?

Yes. Open each model in the EmpirioLabs playground and run the same prompt on both, with the parameters the API exposes.

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