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Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run Qwen3 Coder Next (Qwen, 79.7B) and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct (Qwen, 480.2B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.

Qwen3 Coder Next vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct — cost comparison

Qwen3 Coder NextQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Parameters79.7B480.2B
Context window262.1K262.1K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run✓ ~55 GB (Q4_K_M)~325 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU✓ $0.36/hr$3.92/hr
Your API key✓ $0.46/1M$1.01/1M

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