Model comparison
Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 9.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 24.7 to 16.1.
- Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-04 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.18 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.70 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| SciCode | 22.6% | — |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1413 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 8B leads
Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| DTBench | 59.7% | — |
| LMCA | 8.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.17 | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1364 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | 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 8B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1356 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 62.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3 8B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 9.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 8B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Qwen3 8B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3 8B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.