Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Instruct is an open-weight multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Instruct model targets general vision-language use (VQA, document parsing, chart/table…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.20 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $0.88 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $0.88 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: yes.