Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Qwen3 Coder Next
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.9 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.9 | 34.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1160 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | — |
Math Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1168 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | — |
| LMArena German | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.9 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.