Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next is developed by Qwen. It was released in February 2026. On our leaderboard it earns Professional-tier status, ranking #10 of 565 models in our overall business-suitability ranking. For raw reasoning ability it ranks #120 of 374, putting it in the upper half for overall intelligence.
On coding it ranks #127 of 311, a reasonable fit for everyday development support. For agentic automation it sits at #89 of 286, handling the multi-step, tool-using tasks that power AI agents. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list, suiting long documents, large codebases, and retrieval-heavy workloads. Crucially for business adoption, Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next combines tool use, function calling, and step-by-step reasoning in a single model, letting teams consolidate several use cases instead of stitching together multiple services.
At $0.110 input and $0.800 output per 1M tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next is aggressively priced for high-volume use which makes it easy to justify for cost-sensitive, high-throughput deployments. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next is a dependable pick for businesses that need strong, well-rounded performance without paying frontier prices.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 Coder Next offers tool use, function calling, and a 262K context window at very low cost, with moderate coding and reasoning benchmarks suited to lighter development tasks.
Assessed May 31, 2026
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next compares
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next ranks #120 of 374 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #127 of 311 for coding, #89 of 286 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list. At $0.11 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 61% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight causal language model optimized for coding agents and local development workflows. It uses a sparse MoE design with 80B total parameters and only 3B activated per..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-coder-next
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | February 4, 2026 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 262,144 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.11 | $0.000110 |
| Output | $0.80 | $0.000800 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next
How much does Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next cost?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next costs $0.11 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next ranks #127 of 311 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next do?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next is developed by Qwen and was released on February 4, 2026.
