Alibaba (Qwen), open weights
Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 232nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 34.3. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th. API pricing starts at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
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Specifications
- Noometry rank
- #232 of 354
- Index score
- 34.3
- Evidence
- Reported 3 results
- Provider
Alibaba (Qwen)- Released
- February 2, 2026
- Weights
- Open weights
- Reasoning
- No
- Context window
- 262K
- Max output
- 66K
- Input price
- $0.12 / M
- Output price
- $0.80 / M
- Blended price
- $0.29 / M
- Output speed
- Not measured
- Value
- #54 of 219
- Knowledge cutoff
- September 2025
- Input
- text
- Hugging Face
- Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next
Category scores
Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.
- Coding 36.3
- Reasoning 22.4
Strengths and weaknesses
Categories where Qwen3 Coder Next places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.
Closest competitors
The models ranked just above and below Qwen3 Coder Next. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | #228 | 35.1 | — | 92 | Compare |
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | #229 | 34.9 | — | — | Compare |
| Qwen Max | #230 | 34.7 | $2.80 | — | Compare |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | #231 | 34.6 | — | — | Compare |
| Devstral Small 2505 | #233 | 34.3 | $0.15 | 88 | Compare |
| Qwen1.5-110B | #234 | 34.2 | — | — | Compare |
| o1-mini | #235 | 34.0 | — | — | Compare |
| Qwen3.5-9B | #236 | 33.8 | $0.11 | — | Compare |
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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
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 32.3% | #104 of 121, top 86% | Epoch AI | ||
| WeirdML | 34.4% | #94 of 119, top 79% | Epoch AI |
Reasoning
API pricing by provider
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bedrock | $0.50 | $1.20 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.12 | $0.80 | $0.07 | 2026-10-10 |
| together | $0.50 | $1.20 | — | 2026-10-10 |
Compare Qwen3 Coder Next
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Devstral Small 2505
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen Max
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen1.5-110B
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs C4ai Aya Expanse 8b
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs o1-mini
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GPT-6 Astra
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Claude Fable 5.1
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Kimi K3
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Grok 4.6
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GLM-5.3
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Muse Spark 1.3
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Other Alibaba (Qwen) models
- Qwen3.8 Max56.8
- Qwen3.7 Max51.5
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview51.5
- Qwen3.6 Plus47.5
- Qwen3.5 397B-A17B46.0
- Qwen3.8 27B46.0
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview45.3
- Qwen3.7 Plus45.3
Frequently asked questions
How good is Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 232nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 34.3. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th. API pricing starts at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
How much does Qwen3 Coder Next cost?
Qwen3 Coder Next costs $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens on openrouter, with cached input at $0.07.
What is Qwen3 Coder Next's context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 66K tokens in one response.
Is Qwen3 Coder Next open source?
Yes. Qwen3 Coder Next's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next); check the license for commercial terms.
What are Qwen3 Coder Next's strengths and weaknesses?
Relative to other ranked models, Qwen3 Coder Next places best in reasoning and lowest in coding.
What is Qwen3 Coder Next best at?
Its best category is reasoning, where it ranks 196th on Noometry.