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Qwen3 Coder Flash vs Qwen3 Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen3 Coder Flash wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Context Window
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Speed
Qwen3 Max

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.20$1.20 Qwen3 Coder Flash
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.97$6.00 Qwen3 Coder Flash
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.04$0.24 Qwen3 Coder Flash
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Coder Flash is 84% cheaper overall.

Qwen3 Coder Flash Providers

No provider data available

Qwen3 Max Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Qwen3 Coder Flash Wins
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Qwen3 Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-26.1-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-25.5-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-75.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-83.8-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-76.4-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-65.1-
Qwen3 Max significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Qwen3 Coder Flash
1,000,000
tokens
Qwen3 Max
262,144
tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash has a 74% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 MaxWinner
Tokens/secondN/A51.8 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A1.68s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 Max
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedSep 2025Sep 2025

Qwen3 Coder Flash Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Coder Flash has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Qwen3 Coder Flash has cheaper output pricing at $0.97/M tokens.
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 25.5, compared to Qwen3 Coder Flash's score of N/A.
Qwen3 Coder Flash has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 262,144 token context window.
Qwen3 Coder Flash does not support vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.