Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 22.4.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.