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

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.27 vs $0.80 per 1M).

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

Qwen3 Coder Next has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Next

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

Spec	Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$0.11
Output / 1M tokens	$0.27	$0.80
Context window	160K	262K
Parameters	—	80B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2025	Feb 2026

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