--- title: "Qwen3-235B-A22B | Aguasto" description: "Research reference for Qwen3-235B-A22B: official checkpoint, license and memory considerations. Documented in Aguasto Research; no Aguasto deployment or API availability is represented." canonical: "https://www.aguasto.com/models/qwen3-235b-a22b" last-updated: "2026-10-12" --- # Qwen3-235B-A22B | Aguasto Canonical HTML: [Qwen3-235B-A22B](https://www.aguasto.com/models/qwen3-235b-a22b) > Research reference for Qwen3-235B-A22B: official checkpoint, license and memory considerations. Documented in Aguasto Research; no Aguasto deployment or API availability is represented. [Aguasto](https://www.aguasto.com/) [Model Index](https://www.aguasto.com/models) Qwen3-235B-A22B [Resources](https://www.aguasto.com/resources) [GPU Library](https://www.aguasto.com/gpus) [Model Index](https://www.aguasto.com/models) [Inference Stack](https://www.aguasto.com/inference-stack) [Learn](https://www.aguasto.com/learn) [Insights](https://www.aguasto.com/insights) [Research](https://www.aguasto.com/research) [Engineering tools](https://www.aguasto.com/tools) Qwen / Open-weight checkpoint reference ## Qwen3-235B-A22B Documented in Aguasto Research. This checkpoint has not been evaluated or deployed by Aguasto and is not available through an Aguasto API. Original Aguasto conceptual illustration. Not manufacturer geometry, an operating Aguasto asset, or a measured benchmark. Aguasto Research documents third-party hardware, models and software. References do not represent Aguasto inventory, evaluated deployments or available inference services. ### Checkpoint identity Official identifier Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Architecture Causal mixture-of-experts language model; thinking and non-thinking modes[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Total parameters 235 billionPublished rounded counts; total stored weights determine the preliminary footprint, including all MoE experts.[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Active parameters 22 billion per tokenActive parameters are a compute-related count, not the model's full stored weight count.[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Modalities text-input, text-output[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Context 32,768 tokensNative configuration where directly verified. Extensions, advertised K-labels and configuration differences are preserved in the notes below.[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Release date Exact release date not independently established in the reviewed artifacts[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) Download access Public checkpoint reference[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) License Apache 2.0The checkpoint includes Apache 2.0 terms, including redistribution license and notice duties, modified-file notices and patent-license conditions. It is not an unconditional guarantee for every commercial use.[Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) ### Theoretical weight-memory footprint Using the publisher's approximately 235 billion total parameters at 16 bits per parameter gives **470 GB** (437.7 GiB) of nominal weights. weight GB = total parameters in billions × bits per weight / 8 This estimate excludes KV cache, activations, quantization metadata, non-weight buffers and serving overhead. It is not a tested GPU fit. MoE routing activates only part of the network per token while the complete expert weights still need storage. [Explore the memory estimator](https://www.aguasto.com/tools) #### Quantization The official checkpoint uses BF16. A quantized derivative needs its own artifact, quality evaluation and compatible serving implementation. [Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) ### Serving considerations - Parameter counts are publisher-rounded approximate totals and activated counts; all expert weights still contribute to memory planning. - The card states 32,768 native context tokens and 131,072 with YaRN. The numeric context field records native context, not the extension; YaRN must be configured and evaluated separately. - Thinking mode, chat templates and reasoning parsers change token and latency behavior. Aguasto has not tested this model or its framework fit. [Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B license (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) · [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration (external source)](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) #### Framework documentation These are third-party documentation starting points. Support depends on the exact checkpoint, runtime version and hardware. ### Continue the research [vLLM](https://www.aguasto.com/inference-stack/vllm) [SGLang](https://www.aguasto.com/inference-stack/sglang) [Compare model references](https://www.aguasto.com/models/compare) [GPU specification library](https://www.aguasto.com/gpus) [Weights, cache and serving overhead](https://www.aguasto.com/learn/model-weights-and-runtime-memory) ### Sources & verification Reference revision 1 · Reviewed October 12, 2026. Manufacturer claims and documentation are attributed; Aguasto has not run the cited products in production. - [Qwen3-235B-A22B official model card ↗](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B) 235B total / 22B activated rounded counts; 32768 native context and 131072 with YaRN; MoE text model; reasoning-mode and parser requirements; vLLM / SGLang deployment documentation; open access. Publication: date not stated in the reviewed source. Verified: 2026-10-12. - [Qwen3-235B-A22B license ↗](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/LICENSE) Apache 2.0 checkpoint license terms. Publication: date not stated in the reviewed source. Verified: 2026-10-12. - [Qwen3-235B-A22B checkpoint configuration ↗](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B/blob/main/config.json) qwen3\_moe architecture; BF16 dtype; Config position limit is distinct from advertised native context. Publication: date not stated in the reviewed source. 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