Qwen 3 Coder 480B
Qwen 3 Coder 480B is a language model from Qwen released on Jul 22, 2025. It reads text and writes text, with a 262K token context window and up to 66K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.065, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
5 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, NanoGPT and Helicone.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.13 / $0.50 per 1M
- Context
- 262K
- Max output
- 66K
- Released
- Jul 22, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Qwen 3 Coder 480B pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.13 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.065 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
Qwen 3 Coder 480B providers
5 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, NanoGPT and Helicone. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.22 | $1.80 | $0.022 | 262K | 33K |
| NanoGPT | $0.13 | $0.50 | $0.065 | 262K | 66K |
| Helicone | $0.22 | $0.95 | – | 262K | 16K |
| FastRouter | $0.30 | $1.20 | – | 262K | 67K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.30 | $1 | $0.10 | 262K | 66K |
What Qwen 3 Coder 480B costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Qwen 3 Coder 480B through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs
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Qwen 3 Coder 480B questions
How much does the Qwen 3 Coder 480B API cost?
$0.13 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.065. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Qwen 3 Coder 480B?
262,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 65,536 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Qwen 3 Coder 480B?
5 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, NanoGPT and Helicone. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Qwen 3 Coder 480B support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Qwen 3 Coder 480B open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Qwen 3 Coder 480B released?
Jul 22, 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Qwen 3 Coder 480B?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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