Is DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct cheaper?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.80 vs $2.15 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

DeepSeek R1 0528 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek R1 0528	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Provider	submodel	submodel
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.20
Output / 1M tokens	$2.15	$0.80
Context window	75K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Aug 2025	Aug 2025

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