Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus

qwen · Released Sep 23, 2025
Intelligence #403 / 743
31.3 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #497 / 743
$0.650 per 1M tokens
Output Price #534 / 743
$3.25 per 1M tokens
Context #114 / 743
1M tokens

Analysis Summary

Qwen3 Coder Plus is a coding-focused text model with a one-million-token context window and support for tool use and function calling. That configuration is designed for repository-scale context and integrated development workflows, but no benchmark results are available for this exact variant, leaving its coding quality and agentic reliability unconfirmed.

Potential uses include codebase navigation, refactoring assistance, test generation, technical documentation, and supervised implementation tasks. The large context can reduce the need to split repository material across requests. At the listed price, however, it is materially more expensive than the Flash variant, and text-only input excludes visual debugging and interface review.

Pilot it where long-context coding is valuable and evaluation infrastructure is available. Do not make it the default autonomous coding agent until it demonstrates reliable edits, tool calls, and regression performance on real projects.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen3 Coder Plus offers a one-million-token context window, tool use, and function calling for large codebases; without benchmark results for this variant, it needs validation before critical engineering deployment.

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DFO Verdict

Qwen3 Coder Plus offers a one-million-token context window, tool use, and function calling for large codebases; without benchmark results for this variant, it needs validation before critical engineering deployment.

#403 of 743 overall Down 23 this week

How Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus compares

Its 1M-token context window is larger than 85% of the models we list. At $0.65 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 33% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 46% of models #403
Price: cheaper than 33% of models #497
Context: larger than 85% of models #114
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus $0.65 in $3.25 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus 1M

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value7.3Content4.8
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.65 $0.000650
Output $3.25 $0.003250

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3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus is Alibaba's proprietary version of the Open Source Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B. It is a powerful coding agent model specializing in autonomous programming via tool calling and..

Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus cost?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $3.25 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M).

What can Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus do?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus supports tool use and function calling.

Who created Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus is developed by Qwen and was released on September 23, 2025.

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