by Alibaba (Qwen Team)

Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B.

text open weights datacenter 480B params 1M ctx
Cheapest input
$0.22/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Cheapest output
$1.8/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Fastest
1 tok/s
on OpenRouter
Smallest GPU
2× AMD MI300

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) code generation model developed by the Qwen team. It is optimized for agentic coding tasks such as function calling, tool use, and long-context reasoning over.

Smallest GPU to run it See all quantisations →

2× AMD MI300.

Most-aggressive quantisation we have a working recommendation for. Lower precision = less VRAM = cheaper hardware, at a small accuracy cost.

Where to use it

Cheapest hosted endpoints.

Provider Access $/M in $/M out
Alibaba DashScope api direct $0.22 $1.8 Launch ↗
OpenRouter api aggregator $0.22 $1.8 Launch ↗
Performance

Speed across providers.

Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.

Provider Tokens/sec TTFT Total
OpenRouter 0.6 1726 ms
FAQ

Frequently asked.

How do I run Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is open-weight, so you can self-host on rented GPUs. See the Run It Yourself tab for GPU configurations + cost estimates, or use one of the hosted inference providers listed on this page.
Where can I access Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is available via Alibaba DashScope, OpenRouter. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
API pricing starts at $0.22/M input tokens and $1.8/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B open-source or proprietary?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is open-weight under the license. You can download and self-host it.