Is Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3 Max cheaper?

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($2.25 vs $6.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3 Max?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3 Max based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct	Qwen3 Max
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input / 1M tokens	$0.45	$1.20
Output / 1M tokens	$2.25	$6.00
Context window	262K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2025	Sep 2025

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