Model comparison

Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 33.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B'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-VL 235B-A22B

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.5

Rank #98 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 28.1 to 21.7.
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Qwen3 Coder Next and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B specifications
	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	33.8	42.5
Released	2026-02-02	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	262K	131K
Max output	66K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.12	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	$0.80	$2.80
Results tracked	3	18

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 41.8 (#103)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
SciCode	32.3%	—
WeirdML	34.4%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1438

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 28.1 (#92)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
CritPt	0%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1428

Math Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 36.2 (#120)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math	—	1426

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.6 (#120)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert	—	1440

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.1 (#50)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision	—	1247

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 52.1 (#92)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English	—	1405
LMArena Chinese	—	1462
LMArena French	—	1448
LMArena German	—	1424
LMArena Japanese	—	1385
LMArena Korean	—	1395
LMArena Russian	—	1409
LMArena Spanish	—	1427

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1407

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#93)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query	—	1420

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3 Coder Next: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.4 (#94)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen3 Coder Next	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text	—	1420
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1367
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1428

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 Coder Next better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder Next or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Qwen3 Coder Next or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Coder Next and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Coder Next has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.