Model comparison

Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 Coder Next

Alibaba (Qwen)

33.8

Rank #229 Reported

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Max leads 42.4 to 35.8.
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3 Coder Next and Qwen3 Max specifications
	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	33.8	43.5
Released	2026-02-02	2025-09-23
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	262K	262K
Max output	66K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.12	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	$0.80	$6
Results tracked	3	33

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
SciCode	32.3%	—
WeirdML	34.4%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1456
ALE-Bench	—	370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2	—	71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	30.1%
CritPt	0%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1448
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	5%
DTBench	—	82.1%
LMCA	—	28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	142.41

Math Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	73.3%
LMArena Math	—	1447
MATH Level 5	—	97.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond	—	72.6%
SimpleQA Verified	—	48.7%
LMArena Expert	—	1457

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English	—	1429
LMArena Chinese	—	1479
LMArena French	—	1450
LMArena German	—	1463
LMArena Japanese	—	1399
LMArena Korean	—	1397
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1463

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1420

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench	—	66.7%
CL-bench	—	14.5%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1439

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text	—	1439
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1401
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1446

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 Coder Next better than Qwen3 Max?

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder Next or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Qwen3 Coder Next or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Coder Next and Qwen3 Max share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Coder Next has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.