Qwen3 Coder Flash vs Palmyra X5
Updated October 21, 2026. No benchmark has tested both models yet. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.975
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $6.00
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Qwen3 Coder Flash has the edge where output tokens cost 6.2x less.
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Palmyra X5
Palmyra X5 takes 1.04M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.0007, Palmyra X5 $0.0036 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 Coder Flash not benchmarked, Palmyra X5 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.975 against Palmyra X5 $6.00 per million output tokens, 6.2x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 Coder Flash takes 1M tokens, Palmyra X5 1.04M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
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 Coder Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 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.
| Specification | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Writer Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Writer |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 17, 2025 | January 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.04M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.195 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.975 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3 Coder Flash better than Palmyra X5 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Qwen3 Coder Flash has the edge where output tokens cost 6.2x less.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder Flash or Palmyra X5?
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 per million input tokens and $0.975 per million output tokens; Palmyra X5 costs $0.60 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 Coder Flash or Palmyra X5?
Palmyra X5, with 1.04M tokens against 1M.
Has any benchmark tested both Qwen3 Coder Flash and Palmyra X5?
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them. Data as of October 21, 2026.