Qwen3 Coder Flash
Summary
Qwen3 Coder Flash is a proprietary language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 28 Jul 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 66K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.97 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 2 providers we track.
Qwen coding model for software agents, repository edits, and code reasoning
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 28 Jul 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Proprietary (API only) [models.dev] |
| Context window | 1M (1,000,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 66K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
Qwen3 Coder Flash API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-coder-flash | $0.20 | $0.97 | $0.04 | 1M | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio qwen3-coder-flash | $0.30 | $1.50 | – | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Qwen3 Coder Flash has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 65,536 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Qwen3 Coder Flash API cost?
Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.20 input / $0.97 output through OpenRouter. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 Coder Flash open source?
No. Qwen3 Coder Flash is a proprietary model; Alibaba (Qwen) has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including OpenRouter, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
When was Qwen3 Coder Flash released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 Coder Flash on 28 Jul 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Qwen3 Coder Flash?
We track Qwen3 Coder Flash on 2 providers: OpenRouter, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.