Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) code generation model developed by the Qwen team. It is optimized for agentic coding tasks such as function calling, tool use, and long-context reasoning over repositories. The mo…
Model details →Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) vs xAI: Grok Code Fast 1
xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Grok Code Fast 1 is a speedy and economical reasoning model that excels at agentic coding. With reasoning traces visible in the response, developers can steer Grok Code for high-quality work flows.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) | xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 256K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.22 | $0.20 | 🏆 xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.80 | $1.50 | 🏆 xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 |
| 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. | — | Yes | 🏆 xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) better than xAI: Grok Code Fast 1?
xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) and xAI: Grok Code Fast 1?
Input: $0.22 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.80 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) and xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 support?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) supports up to 262K tokens. xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 supports up to 256K tokens.
Do both Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) and xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 support tool calling?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto): yes. xAI: Grok Code Fast 1: yes.