Alibaba (Qwen), open weights

# Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

> Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen), released April 2025. Ranked #190 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 38.1. API: $1.50 in / $7.50 out per M tokens. 262K context. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 190th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 38.1. Its strongest category is agentic & tool use, where it ranks 123rd. API pricing starts at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #190 of 354
- **Index score:** 38.1
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 25 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba)
- **Released:** April 1, 2025
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** No
- **Context window:** 262K
- **Max output:** 66K
- **Input price:** $1.50 / M
- **Output price:** $7.50 / M
- **Blended price:** $3 / M
- **Output speed:** 67 tokens/s [Kagi](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/llm-benchmark.html)
- **Value:** #174 of 219
- **Knowledge cutoff:** April 2025
- **Input:** text
- **Hugging Face:** [Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct)

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct category scores

1.  Coding 35.5
2.  Agentic & Tool Use 23.9
3.  Reasoning 25.5
4.  Math 37.6
5.  Knowledge 37.0
6.  Multilingual 47.7
7.  Instruction Following 71.6
8.  Long Context 42.0
9.  Writing & Preference 55.3
10.  020406080

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 35.5 | #223 | 5 |
| [Agentic & Tool Use](https://noometry.com/best/agentic) | 23.9 | #123 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 25.5 | #149 | 2 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 37.6 | #150 | 1 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 37.0 | #162 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 47.7 | #148 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 71.6 | #147 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 42.0 | #131 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 55.3 | #147 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 25.5 | +1.9 | #149 of 350, top 43% |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 42.0 | +1.1 | #131 of 296, top 45% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 37.6 | +1.1 | #150 of 327, top 46% |

### Weakest categories

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Agentic & Tool Use](https://noometry.com/best/agentic) | 23.9 | −6.4 | #123 of 154, top 80% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 35.5 | −3.2 | #223 of 340, top 66% |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 37.0 | −0.3 | #162 of 314, top 52% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPT-5.1-Codex](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-5-1-codex) | #186 | 38.6 | $3.44 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-1-codex-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [Sonar](https://noometry.com/models/sonar) | #187 | 38.5 | $1 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-vs-sonar) |
| [MiniMax-M2.5](https://noometry.com/models/minimax-m2-5) | #188 | 38.3 | $0.52 | 49 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-5-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [Nova Premier 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/nova-premier-1-0) | #189 | 38.3 | $5 | 9 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/nova-premier-1-0-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [Olmo 3.1 32b Think](https://noometry.com/models/olmo-3-1-32b-think) | #191 | 37.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-3-1-32b-think-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [GPT-5-Codex](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-5-codex) | #192 | 37.9 | $3.44 | 95 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-codex-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [Hunyuan Standard 2025 02 10](https://noometry.com/models/hunyuan-standard) | #193 | 37.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/hunyuan-standard-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |
| [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-0-flash-lite) | #194 | 37.8 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [SWE-bench Verified (bash only)](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/swe-bench-bash-only) | 55.4% | #24 of 39, top 62% |  | [SWE-bench](https://www.swebench.com/) | 2025-08-02 |
| [LMArena WebDev](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-webdev) | 1275 | #98 of 113, top 87% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/webdev) | 2026-10-08 |
| [GSO](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gso-bench) | 4.9% | #23 of 31, top 75% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [WeirdML](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/weirdml) | 41.2% | #73 of 119, top 62% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1412 | #127 of 294, top 44% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [ALE-Bench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/ale-bench) | 461.45 | #87 of 105, top 83% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [AlgoTune](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/algotune) | 1.44 | #13 of 18, top 73% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Agentic & Tool Use

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Agentic & Tool Use benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Terminal-Bench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/terminal-bench) | 27.2% | #34 of 41, top 83% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Reasoning

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kagi LLM Benchmark](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/kagi-reasoning) | 49.5% | #65 of 99, top 66% |  | [Kagi LLM Benchmark](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/llm-benchmark.html) |  |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1372 | #146 of 297, top 50% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Math

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1365 | #154 of 285, top 55% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Knowledge

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1338 | #160 of 273, top 59% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Multilingual

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1346 | #148 of 297, top 50% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1357 | #164 of 285, top 58% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1398 | #119 of 223, top 54% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1325 | #144 of 231, top 63% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1310 | #116 of 211, top 55% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1305 | #129 of 213, top 61% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1366 | #138 of 283, top 49% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1360 | #136 of 226, top 61% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1355 | #141 of 298, top 48% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1378 | #134 of 291, top 47% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1357 | #153 of 297, top 52% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1333 | #142 of 295, top 49% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1365 | #143 of 295, top 49% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## API pricing by provider

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct API prices
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [alibaba](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/models) | $1.50 | $7.50 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| [bedrock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-supported.html) | $0.45 | $1.80 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| [deepinfra](https://deepinfra.com/models) | $0.30 | $1 | $0.10 | 2026-10-10 |
| [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-coder) | $0.30 | $1 | $0.10 | 2026-10-10 |
| [together](https://docs.together.ai/docs/serverless-models) | $2 | $2 | — | 2026-10-10 |

[All Alibaba (Qwen) API prices →](https://noometry.com/llm-pricing/alibaba) [Estimate your cost →](https://noometry.com/tools/cost-calculator)

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## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 190th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 38.1. Its strongest category is agentic & tool use, where it ranks 123rd. API pricing starts at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

### How much does Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct cost?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens on Alibaba (Qwen)'s own API.

### What is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's context window?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 66K tokens in one response.

### Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct open source?

Yes. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct); check the license for commercial terms.

### How fast is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct generated about 67 output tokens per second in the Kagi LLM Benchmark's timed runs. Speed varies by provider, load and reasoning effort.

### What are Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct places best in reasoning, long context, math and lowest in agentic & tool use, coding, knowledge.

### What is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct best at?

Its best category is agentic & tool use, where it ranks 123rd on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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