Qwen3 Coder Next
By Alibaba · released 2026-02-03 (7 months) · snapshot 2026-09-30
- Intelligence index
- 9.20
- Cost to run the AA index
- $476
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.35 / $1.20
- End-to-end time
- 5.68s
Is Qwen3 Coder Next on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6.1 Sol (medium) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: GPT-6.1 Sol (high), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3 Coder Next | Alibaba | 9.20 | $476 | 5.68s | 2026-02-03 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6.1 Sol (medium) | OpenAI | 47.80 | $361 | 13.7s | 2026-09-29 | Frontier | |
| 3 | GPT-6.1 Sol (high) | OpenAI | 50.20 | $521 | 65.3s | 2026-09-29 | 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.
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, 0.5 points below DeepSeek V3 0324 at 24.8× the cost.
Should you use Qwen3 Coder Next?
Should you use Qwen3 Coder Next?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6.1 Sol (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-6.1 Sol (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 $476 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-6.1 Sol (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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