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Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited
Available from OpenRouter
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is a Mixture-of-Experts code generation model from Alibaba's Qwen team, available free on OpenRouter.

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleTool callingJSON modeTextCode
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Base URL
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model ID
qwen/qwen3-coder
API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses
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Technical Details

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B specifications

Provider catalog
Context window 262K
Max output 66K
Status Online
Family qwen3-coder
Knowledge cutoff 2025-06-30
Released Jul 23, 2025
Last updated Aug 6, 2026
Free listing since Jul 23, 2025
Input text, code
Output text
Capabilities tool calling, structured output
AI Recommendation

Should you use Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is listed for chat, coding workloads and supports a 262K context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for
  • Chat
  • Coding
Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Useful for coding workflows
  • Long context window
  • Tool calling support
  • Structured JSON output

Watch outs

  • No current free listing on this provider
  • Free-tier rate limits apply
  • Vision support is not listed
Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Measured data
Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following
24.8/100
Coding Programming and code generation
24.6/100
Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks
18.3/100
Speed Observed generation speed
74 tok/s
Context Maximum listed context window
262K
Pricing

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing
Input $0.3 per 1M tokens
Output $1 per 1M tokens
Free access Not listed OpenRouter
Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy
Availability

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B availability by provider

Current provider only

We only found this qwen3-coder listing on OpenRouter in the current catalog. Use the related models section for nearby alternatives.

Provider Model listing Access Context API Limits
OpenRouter Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Paid 262K OpenAI-style 200 req/day (free tier)
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Typical Use Cases

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B use cases

Chat

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

Coding

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is tagged for coding in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B free API FAQ

Is Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B free to use?

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is not currently marked as free on OpenRouter.

What is the Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is qwen/qwen3-coder.

What are the Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B support?

The listed context window is 262K tokens with up to 66K output tokens.

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More about Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is a Mixture-of-Experts code generation model from Alibaba's Qwen team, available free on OpenRouter. With 480B total parameters and 35B active per forward pass (8 of 160 experts), it is optimized for agentic coding tasks — function calling, tool use, and long-context reasoning over repositories. 262K context window. One of the most capable free coding models on OpenRouter. Model weights available on Hugging Face. Text/code. OpenAI-compatible via OpenRouter. Free tier: 200 RPD.

For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the OpenRouter provider page.