Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo grades higher overall (48.0 against 46.0). Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs 25% less for the same work, and both read a 256K-token context.
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
Qwen3.5 35B A3B
by Qwen · #54 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.14
Output / 1M
$1.00
Better overall
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo
Grade 48.0 vs 46.0
Cheaper
Qwen3.5 35B A3B
25% less, $0.35 vs $0.47 blended
Larger context
Same
256K vs 256K tokens
SWE-bench Verified
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo
69.6% vs 69.2%
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 TurboQwen3.5 35B A3Bv = 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.
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo$100 /month
Qwen3.5 35B A3B$68.00 /month
Qwen3.5 35B A3B saves you $32.00 a month at this usage, $384 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo
Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Made by
Qwen
Qwen
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Good · 48.0
Good · 46.0
Overall rank
#50 of 67
#54 of 67
Input price
$0.30 per 1M
$0.14 per 1M
Output price
$1.00 per 1M
$1.00 per 1M
Context window
262,144 tokens
262,144 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
Yes
Reads images
No
Yes
Model ID
qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo
qwen3.5-35b-a3b
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.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \-H"Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \-d'{"model": "qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'# …then swap one word-d'{"model": "qwen3.5-35b-a3b", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo or Qwen3.5 35B A3B better?
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo grades 48.0 against 46.0 for Qwen3.5 35B A3B, from public benchmarks.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B: $0.14 in and $1.00 out per million tokens, against $0.30 and $1.00 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Neither: both take 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.
Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
