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Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, TAU-bench Airline, TAU-bench Retail), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (BFCL-v3). Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Benchmark wins
3 of 4
1 of 4
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.50 / M
Context window
65,536
Released
Jan 2025
Sep 2025
License
Apache 2.0
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, TAU-bench Airline, TAU-bench Retail), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (BFCL-v3).

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

400.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 400.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct, making it 500.0% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
80.0Bparameters
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input65,536 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 7 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.6 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

11 months ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Which is better, Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.