Qwen3 Coder Next
By Alibaba · released 2026-02-03 (5 months) · snapshot 2026-07-18
- Intelligence index
- 21.10
- Cost to run the AA index
- $247
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.35 / $1.20
- End-to-end time
- 6.89s
Is Qwen3 Coder Next on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: GPT-5.6 Luna (high), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3 Coder Next | Alibaba | 21.10 | $247 | 6.89s | 2026-02-03 | ||
| 2 | GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) | OpenAI | 45.60 | $240 | 5.34s | 2026-07-09 | Frontier | |
| 3 | GPT-5.6 Luna (high) | OpenAI | 46.10 | $275 | 10.3s | 2026-07-09 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Qwen3 Coder Next today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: qwen3-coder-next.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GPT-5.6 Luna (high)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs MiniMax-M3
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GPT-5.6 Sol (low)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)
- Qwen3 Coder Next vs Grok 4.5 (high)
What the Qwen3 Coder Next release did to the frontier on 2026-02-03
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: Qwen3 Coder Next, 2.7 points below gpt-oss-120b (high) at 2.6× the cost.
Should you use Qwen3 Coder Next?
Should you use Qwen3 Coder Next?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Qwen3 Coder Next is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next?
GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Qwen3 Coder Next cost?
$0.35/$1.20 in/out per 1M tokens, and $247 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Qwen3 Coder Next on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Qwen3 Coder Next is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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