Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or DeepSeek-V3 cheaper?

DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.25 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or DeepSeek-V3?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs DeepSeek-V3

DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or DeepSeek-V3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	DeepSeek-V3
Provider	Together AI	Together AI
Input / 1M tokens	$2.00	$1.25
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$1.25
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jul 2025	Dec 2024

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct details →DeepSeek-V3 details →

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