Particle Ai lists 1 models and Qwen 72. Qwen is cheaper on a typical model ($0.40 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Particle Ai | Qwen | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 1 | 72 |
| Models with published pricing | 1 | 72 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.44 | $0.40 |
| Cheapest paid model | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct ($0.04) |
| Longest context | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 5 |
| Newest model | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime (2026-09-23) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 166 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Particle Ai | Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $4.05 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $4.50 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $5.16 with Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $2.94 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 | $1.63 with Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash |
| You need | Particle Ai | Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct ($0.04) |
| With tool calling | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) |
| With image input | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) |
| With reasoning mode | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) |
| 128K+ context | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) |
| 1M+ context | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) |
| Model type | Particle Ai | Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+audio+video->text | 0 | 1 |
| text+image+video->text | 0 | 20 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 14 |
| text->text | 0 | 37 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Particle Ai | Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 5 |
| Under $0.50 | 1 | 38 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 24 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 5 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Qwen is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.44 for Particle Ai. The cheapest paid models are Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44 and Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct at $0.04.
It depends on the job: Qwen offers the broader line-up (1 models vs 72), Qwen the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Qwen: Particle Ai lists 1 models and Qwen lists 72.
It is a tie: Particle Ai's longest is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M tokens; Qwen's is Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B at 1.0M.
Particle Ai: none. Qwen: 5 free models (e.g. Qwen: Qwen3 4B (free)).
Particle Ai: 1 of 1 models accept images. Qwen: 35 of 72.