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DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

Close to a tie overall. DeepSeek V3 costs 3% less for the same work.

DeepSeek V3

by DeepSeek · #51 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
160K
Input / 1M
$0.32
Output / 1M
$0.89

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

by Qwen · #50 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.00

Better overall

About even

Grade 47.5 vs 48.0

Cheaper

DeepSeek V3

3% less, $0.46 vs $0.47 blended

Larger context

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

160K vs 256K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

42% vs 69.6%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,388
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
DeepSeek V3DeepSeek V3: —
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,275
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,457
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Dec 25, 2024
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: —
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jul 22, 2025 · reference
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 69.6%v
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Dec 25, 2024 · reference
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: —

DeepSeek V3Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

DeepSeek V3$99.60 /month
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo$100 /month

DeepSeek V3 saves you $0.40 a month at this usage, $4.80 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek V3Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo
Made byDeepSeekQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 47.5Good · 48.0
Overall rank#51 of 67#50 of 67
Input price$0.32 per 1M$0.30 per 1M
Output price$0.89 per 1M$1.00 per 1M
Context window163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDdeepseek-v3qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-v3", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo better?

They grade within two points of each other (47.5 and 48.0), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo?

DeepSeek V3: $0.32 in and $0.89 out per million tokens, against $0.30 and $1.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.