Model comparison
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 49.4.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1314 | 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
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1299 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1298 | 1365 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1289 | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1265 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1231 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1207 | 1310 |
| LMArena Russian | 1271 | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1275 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1292 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1299 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1262 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.