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R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Benchmark Advantage
R1
Context Window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Speed
R1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.70$0.22 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.40$0.95 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) is 64% cheaper overall.

R1 Providers

Chutes $0.30 (Cheapest)
Vercel $0.55
Novita $0.70
DeepInfra $1.00
Azure $1.49

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Providers

Chutes $0.22 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $0.22 (Cheapest)
Google $0.22 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.25
DeepInfra $0.28

Benchmark Comparison

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R1 Wins
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.7--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.7--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
68.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.8--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
61.7--
Aider
Real-world code editing
64.0--
AIME
Competition math
68.3--
R1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1
163,840
tokens
Max output: 163,840 tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
262,144
tokens
Max output: 262,144 tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 38% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.00sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekQwen
ReleasedJan 2025Jul 2025

R1 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper input pricing at $0.22/M tokens. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has cheaper output pricing at $0.95/M tokens.
R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.7, compared to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)'s score of N/A.
R1 has a 163,840 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
R1 does not support vision. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) does not support vision.