Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2025-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $95.00 on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, MiniMax M2.5, does it for $94.50. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 115th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. None of its 2 hosts undercuts the price we quote. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Output: $1.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1357 as of 2026-11-08
Available on
AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
Market position
On blended price ($0.79 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 28% of models in the Budget price tier: 115th cheapest of 160, tied with one other. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 62% of priced text models in the catalogue: 115th cheapest of 303, tied with one other. Its Arena ELO of 1357 ranks 122nd of the 160 models that carry one, above 24% of them. With an Arena score of 1357, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B sits below OptimNow's lowest working quality threshold, Standard (Arena 1420+), so the quality-bar method would not shortlist it for any of the 8 use cases the table prices. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its published size is 480B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0786 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: DeepInfra at $0.30 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens. It serves a quantized fp4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. The dearest, Venice, charges 1.5x the cheapest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra (price we quote) | $0.30 | $1.00 | fp4 |
| Venice | $0.35 | $1.50 | fp8 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. These hosts do not all serve the model at the same numeric precision, so the cheapest is not a like-for-like substitute for the dearest.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Alibaba publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $77 – $95 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $112 – $140 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $400 – $420 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $245 – $255 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $260 – $290 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $96 – $105 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $126 – $130 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $396 – $480 |
Price history
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
3 of the 4 comparable models below cost less than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: Gemma 3 27B undercuts it by 66%, and scores 1 Arena point higher.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking (Alibaba) at $0.787 blended, under 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (Alibaba) at $0.797 blended, 1% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B.
- Gemma 3 27B (Google): $0.08 in / $0.35 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1358 (66% cheaper, 1 ELO point higher)
- MiniMax M2.5 (MiniMax): $0.27 in / $1.08 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1359 (6% more expensive, 2 ELO points higher)
- GLM 4.7 Flash (Zhipu): $0.0605 in / $0.40 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1351 (62% cheaper, 6 ELO points lower)
- gpt-oss-120b (OpenAI): $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1365 (41% cheaper, 8 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Nvidia), 76% cheaper, 9 ELO points lower, out of 10 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: MiMo-V2.6-Pro (Xiaomi), 6% cheaper, 135 ELO points higher, out of 22 models in that price band.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B in price, of 39 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B: $0.10 / $0.90
- Qwen3 Coder Flash: $0.195 / $0.975
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: $0.14 / $1.00
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $0.29 / $1.00
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: $0.09 / $1.10
- Qwen3.6 Flash: $0.1875 / $1.125
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: $0.66 / $1.00
- Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: $0.80 / $1.00
All 40 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B pricing
- How much does Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B cost?
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens at DeepInfra, the host whose rate we quote. DeepInfra serves a quantized fp4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: DeepInfra at $0.30 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens. It serves a quantized fp4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. The dearest, Venice, charges 1.5x the cheapest. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.10 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $95 on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B be self-hosted?
- Yes. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B changed?
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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