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Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Seed 2.1 Turbo benchmark

Name: Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Seed 2.1 Turbo AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 (Alibaba) and Seed 2.1 Turbo (ByteDance) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 wins on output price at $2.3/1M. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has the larger context window (262k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

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$2.3/1M out

ByteDance

Seed 2.1 Turbo

ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

Seed 2.1Elo 1,472$2.5/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 (2)vsSeed 2.1 Turbo (7)

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 2W (22%)Overall: Seed 2.1 TurboSeed 2.1 Turbo: 7W (78%)

← Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 25071 tiesSeed 2.1 Turbo →

Seed 2.1 Turbo (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,472

Coding Elo

—vs1,480

SWE-bench

—vs63.2%

LiveBench

—vs64.8%

GPQA Diamond

—vs76.8%

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 0WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 5W

Seed 2.1 Turbo (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs160 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs120 ms

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 0WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 2W

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$2.3/1Mvs$2.5/1M

Input price

$0.23/1Mvs$0.5/1M

Context window

262kvs262k

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 2WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageSeed 2.1 Turbo 4/6

Preference Elo

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Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

$0.20/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

—

EloHigh is better

1,472

Code Elo

High is better

—

Code EloHigh is better

1,480

LiveBench

High is better

—

LiveBenchHigh is better

64.8%

SWE-bench

High is better

—

SWE-benchHigh is better

63.2%

GPQA

High is better

—

GPQAHigh is better

76.8%

TTFT

Low is better

—

TTFTLow is better

120 ms

Speed

High is better

—

SpeedHigh is better

160 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+117%$0.23 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.50 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+9%$2.30 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$2.50 / 1M

Context

High is better

262k

ContextHigh is better

262k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 23% with Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$42.55 / mo

In: $8.05Out: $34.5

Seed 2.1 Turbo$55.00 / mo

In: $17.5Out: $37.5

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 is estimated to save $12.45/month ($149/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507:Pick Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionSeed 2.1 Turbo

Seed 2.1 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Seed 2.1 Turbo	Seed 2.1 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Seed 2.1 Turbo (Aug 10): ByteDance’s API drop on the public timeline

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Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$2.3/1M

ByteDance

Seed 2.1 Turbo

Elo 1,472

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench63.2%

Speed160 tok/s

Output cost$2.5/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 output tokens are $2.3/1M versus $2.5/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 accepts 262k tokens versus 262k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Seed 2.1 Turbo Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Seed 2.1 Turbo benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 (2)vsSeed 2.1 Turbo (7)

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 2W (22%)Overall: Seed 2.1 TurboSeed 2.1 Turbo: 7W (78%)

← Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 25071 tiesSeed 2.1 Turbo →

Seed 2.1 Turbo (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,472

Coding Elo

—vs1,480

SWE-bench

—vs63.2%

LiveBench

—vs64.8%

GPQA Diamond

—vs76.8%

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 0WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 5W

Seed 2.1 Turbo (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs160 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs120 ms

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 0WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 2W

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$2.3/1Mvs$2.5/1M

Input price

$0.23/1Mvs$0.5/1M

Context window

262kvs262k

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: 2WSeed 2.1 Turbo: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionSeed 2.1 Turbo

Seed 2.1 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Lower output list price ($2.3/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Seed 2.1 Turbo	Seed 2.1 Turbo is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 output tokens are $2.3/1M versus $2.5/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 accepts 262k tokens versus 262k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Seed 2.1 Turbo Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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