Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs deepseek-flash(1): API price and specs

deepseek-flash(1) is 45% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on input price.

deepseek-flash(1) is 40% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on output price.

deepseek-flash(1) is 43% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

deepseek-flash(1) has a 281.5% larger context than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.

Field	Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct	deepseek-flash(1)
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.22 +83.3%	$0.12
Median input, per 1M	$0.36 +141%	$0.15
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.80 +66.7%	$0.48
Median output, per 1M	$1.58 +162.5%	$0.60
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.38 +75.9%	$0.22
Context	262K +73.8%	1M
Max output	262K	—
Providers	23	2 +91.3%
Regions	EU, US	APAC
Accepts	audio, image, text, video	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	google-vertex	cometapi

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

cometapi, edenai

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or deepseek-flash(1)?

deepseek-flash(1) is 45% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on input price. deepseek-flash(1) is 40% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on output price. deepseek-flash(1) is 43% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or deepseek-flash(1)?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 262K tokens; deepseek-flash(1): 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and deepseek-flash(1)?

cometapi, edenai