Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight causal language model optimized for coding agents and local development workflows. It uses a sparse MoE design with 80B total parameters and only 3B activated per token, delivering performance comparable t…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.12 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $0.75 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $0.75 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next: yes.