Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Sonar Deep Research: API price and specs

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 89% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on input price.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 90% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on output price.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 89% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has a 104.8% larger context than Sonar Deep Research.

Field	Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct	Sonar Deep Research
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.22	$2.00 +809.1%
Median input, per 1M	$0.36	$2.00 +453.3%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.80	$8.00 +900%
Median output, per 1M	$1.58	$8.00 +407.9%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.38	$3.60 +847.4%
Context	262K	128K +51.2%
Max output	262K	115K +56.1%
Providers	23	5 +78.3%
Regions	EU, US	US
Accepts	audio, image, text, video	text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	google-vertex	edenai

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

edenai, fastrouter, helicone, kilo, openrouter

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Sonar Deep Research?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 89% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on input price. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 90% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on output price. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is 89% cheaper than Sonar Deep Research on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Sonar Deep Research?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 262K tokens; Sonar Deep Research: 128K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Sonar Deep Research?

edenai, fastrouter, helicone, kilo, openrouter