Qwen3 Coder API

alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
Strong coding accuracy focused on software engineering tasks, but with a smaller context window and less emphasis on integration.
Context
256K tokens
Input
$1.95 / 1M tokens
Output
$9.75 / 1M tokens
Released
Sep 9, 2025

How to use Qwen3 Coder API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Qwen3 Coder API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$1.95 / 1M tokens
Output
$9.75 / 1M tokens

Qwen3 Coder Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
SWE-bench Verified
66.5%
Resolving verified real GitHub issuesSourceJuly 8, 2026
Intelligence
11.9
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Math
39.3
Composite score across standardised mathematics evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026

Qwen3 Coder vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Qwen3 Coder
This page
$1.95 / 1M tokens
$9.75 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Coding + agents
$6.5 / 1M tokens
$39 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$2.6 / 1M tokens
$13 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Balanced coding + agents
$3.9 / 1M tokens
$19.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows
$1.95 / 1M tokens
$11.7 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 Coder has a 262,000 tokens context window and can return up to 65,536 tokens.

Qwen3 Coder takes text as input and returns text.

Use alibaba/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Qwen3 Coder became available on September 9, 2025.

Qwen3 Coder is priced at input $1.95 / 1M tokens, output $9.75 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Qwen3 Coder can stream responses as they are generated.

Qwen3 Coder was built by Alibaba Cloud.

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