Qwen 3 Coder is a text-only language model optimized for code generation and debugging. Developers building code assistants, automated debugging workflows, or agentic systems should use it when they need strong reasoning and tool-use capabilities at a balanced cost.
Modalities
Text → Text
Below release
fp4 · fp8
Weights
Published
Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct
Where it sits in the catalogue Kyma measures
Every number against every text model Kyma prices per token — a stated rule, not a chosen line-up.
$0.334
output $1.519 · cached $0.135
median $0.977 · best $0.0494
$1.519
per 1M tokens generated
median $3.531 · best $0.2164
99.02%
716 observations since 2026-05-02
median 96.2% · best 100.0%
45.8 tok/s
probe median, one fixed prompt
median 40.8 tok/s · best 308.3 tok/s
1.21 s
probe median, to a complete answer
median 2.50 s · best 0.52 s
131K
max output 32,768
published by Alibaba, not measured here
Tick above each rail is this model, below it the other 69. Dashed rule is the field median, solid is its best. Better is left; the axis stops at the 90th percentile, so a few models sit past its right edge.
Usage
How much this model is actually called here.
Rank
#9
of 113 active models
Tokens served
79.6M
all-time
Platform share
2.5%
of all tokens
How it behaves under real clients
The same model answering different prompt shapes — measured, not benchmarked.
| Client | Requests | Tokens | Throughput | To first token | p95 total | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | 125 | 277.7K | 12 tok/s | 1.85 s | 4.66 s | 11.2% |
Grouped by the client that sent the request. Not a benchmark: the same model on different prompt shapes. Throughput and time-to-first-token are medians; p95 is the slowest response in twenty.
Two clocks, and why they disagree
Kyma measures this model twice. Both are real; they answer different questions.
Probe · every 6h · 30 days
1.21s to answer
One fixed prompt, on a schedule, to every model. Comparable, because the model is the only thing that changes.
- Observations
- 716
- Answered by a substitute
- 1
Real traffic · last 7 days
0.79s to answer
Your requests, at the lengths clients actually send. Not comparable between models, but it is what running this one feels like.
- Requests
- 36
- Completed
- 100%
- p95
- 5.2 s
Caching, as realised · last 7 days
0.0% of input cached
The share of input that actually hit cache, so the effective rate below is what was charged, not a best case.
- Cached input
- 0
- Fresh input
- 72
- List input
- $0.334 /1M
- Effective input
- $0.334 /1M
Production prompts here are shorter than the probe's. Use the probe figure to choose between models, the traffic figure to budget for your own.
Pricing
Pay per token. Cached input bills at this model’s own cached rate, listed below.
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Estimated monthly cost
$39.24
$1.31 / day on Qwen 3 Coder
Same workload on:
Estimates use list pricing with cached input at this model's own cached rate. Actual bills depend on real token counts, and every response includes its exact cost.
When to use Qwen 3 Coder
Where this model earns its cost — and where it doesn't.
Created by Alibaba, this model is purpose-built for code generation and debugging. It supports tool use, structured outputs, and reasoning, with a 131,072-token context window and a 32,768-token maximum output. It processes text-only inputs and outputs.
On Kyma, it routes through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with automatic failover. Prompt caching is supported, billing repeated prefixes at this model's cached input rate, and the exact request cost is returned in the usage.cost field.
It does not support vision or multimodal inputs. The medium speed tier means it is not optimized for ultra-low-latency streaming. Output is capped at 32,768 tokens, which may be restrictive for generating extremely large codebases in a single pass.
Automated Code Generation
Translates plain-text requirements into functional code snippets.
Interactive Code Debugging
Identifies logical errors and suggests fixes from stack traces.
Agentic Development Workflows
Coordinates tool calls and structured outputs for multi-step coding tasks.
Conversational Coding Sessions
Maintains context across long debugging sessions within a 131k token window.
Not ideal for: Avoid this model when you need image analysis, multimodal inputs, or ultra-low latency responses for real-time applications.
How it compares
Against the peers people actually weigh it against.
| Spec | Qwen 3 Coder | Qwen 3.8 27B | Qwen 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.334 | $0.567 | $0.0498 |
| Output /1M | $1.519 | $4.05 | $0.2164 |
| Context | 131K | 1M | 1M |
| Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Throughput | 45.8 tok/s | 50.2 tok/s | 108.3 tok/s |
Quick start
Up and running in under two minutes.
- 1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.
Get API key → - 2
Make your first request
Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen-3-coder", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."} ] }' - 3
Stream responses
Add
"stream": trueto receive tokens as they arrive.curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "qwen-3-coder", "stream": true, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
FAQ
Common questions about this model.
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Is Qwen 3 Coder ever served below the precision its creator released it at?
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More models by Alibaba
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|---|---|---|---|
Qwen 3.8 Flash | 1M | $0.203 | $0.635 |
Qwen 3.8 27B | 1M | $0.567 | $4.05 |
Qwen 3.8 Max | 1M | $2.2275 | $6.684 |
Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1M | $0.0498 | $0.2164 |
Qwen 3.7 Plus | 1M | $0.4431 | $1.773 |
Qwen 3.7 Max | 1M | $2.304 | $6.909 |
Qwen 3.6 Plus | 131K | $0.655 | $3.93 |
Qwen3 Reranker 8B | 41K | $0.135 | $0.00 |
