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Qwen3.5-Flash vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Qwen3.5-Flash costs 5.8x less per output token than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B ($0.26 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Qwen3.5-Flash Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3.5-FlashQwen
Coding
41.1
Overall
50.1
Output $/M
$0.26
28
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
4
vs boards won of 32 shared

Qwen3.5-Flash or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Model AQwen3.5-FlashQwen41.1/1002 independent benchmarks$0.40 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
32
Qwen3.5-Flash only
23
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
21
Like-for-like categories
5 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 9.2 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Chinese: Qwen3.5-Flash 1445 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 1357, 14.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 5.8x apart.
Context window
Qwen3.5-Flash takes 1M tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryQwen3.5-FlashBarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding24
Reasoning30
Math20
Knowledge40
General170
All shared boards284
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index24
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev12441275Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)83.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)64.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured18.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured27.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-Bench265.9461.4Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: coding14121412Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: software and IT14161393Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena WebDev: React12291257Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena WebDev: HTML12911287Qwen3.5-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured11.9Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Epoch Capabilities Index143.5Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured43.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond82.8%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)81.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured61.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured4.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)82.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
Chess puzzles14.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
Mystery game puzzles20.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14031372Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: expert14071338Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14091380Qwen3.5-Flash
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured49.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME92.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
OTIS Mock AIME84.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 318.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: math14071365Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14131367Qwen3.5-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro84.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)56.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.2%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MedCode (Vals AI)33.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SimpleQA Verified20.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: science14151347Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14071347Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government13981358Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance13941343Qwen3.5-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1159Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1113Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1099Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1084Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1143Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
General benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)42.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
IFBenchNot measured40.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured45.7%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
DTBench82.9%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMCA29.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text13971357Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following13741355Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing13431333Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: English14041359Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: non-English13851346Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese14451357Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: German13901325Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese13691311Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Korean13441305Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: French14131398Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14001360Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Russian13801366Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: Polish13761344Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn13931366Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries13921378Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language13691340Qwen3.5-Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13471317Qwen3.5-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0002Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0040Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3.5-Flash$0.016Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Qwen3.5-Flash and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationQwen3.5-FlashQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2026July 23, 2025
Context window1M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.065$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.26$1.50
Coding index41.1Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it21
Cost per solved task$0.40Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-Flash or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.5-Flash only.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-Flash or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3.5-Flash, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3.5-Flash vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Qwen3.5-Flash's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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