Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B vs Palmyra X5
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs 4.0x less per output token than Palmyra X5 ($1.50 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.50
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $6.00
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B or Palmyra X5: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($1.50 vs $6.00 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has results on SWE-bench Verified, LMArena WebDev and LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run); Palmyra X5 has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.
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
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has a AA Intelligence Index result, 11.9.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1159.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Palmyra X5
Palmyra X5 takes 1.04M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $0.0010, Palmyra X5 $0.0036 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 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 480B A35B $1.50 against Palmyra X5 $6.00 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B takes 262K 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.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index12 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1275 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 58.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 18.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 27.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| GSO-Bench | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| WeirdML | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| ALE-Bench | 461.4 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1412 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1393 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1257 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1287 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.9 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 61.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1372 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1338 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1380 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 39.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1365 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1367 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1347 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1347 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1358 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1343 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1159 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1113 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1099 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1084 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1143 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Palmyra X5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 40.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 45.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1357 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1355 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1333 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1359 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1346 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1357 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1325 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1311 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1305 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1398 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1360 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1366 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1344 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1366 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1378 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1340 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1317 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 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 Coder 480B A35B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 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 480B A35B | Writer Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Writer |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 23, 2025 | January 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.04M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B better than Palmyra X5 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($1.50 vs $6.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B or Palmyra X5?
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.50 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 480B A35B or Palmyra X5?
Palmyra X5, with 1.04M tokens against 262K.
Has any benchmark tested both Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B and Palmyra X5?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has results on SWE-bench Verified, LMArena WebDev and LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run); Palmyra X5 has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.