Is Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.80 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct	Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Provider	Scaleway	Scaleway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$0.80	$3.60
Context window	128K	256K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2025	Mar 2026

Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B Instruct details →Qwen3.5 397B A17B details →

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