Model comparison
Qwen3.5 Plus vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen3.5 Plus scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 47.9 to 34.9.
- Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-02-16 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.40 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 621.92 | 461.45 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1413 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 0.54 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 17% | — |
| DTBench | 80.5% | — |
| LMCA | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.79 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1364 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 21% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 25.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1356 |
| LMArena French | — | 1394 |
| LMArena German | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1307 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1356 |
Long Context Too close to call
Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 19.8% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 12.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.5 Plus: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 Plus | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.5 Plus better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 Plus or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Plus and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Plus has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.