Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 39.0.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1160 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1168 | 1365 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | 1338 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1188 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | 1310 |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.