Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Alibaba Qwen chatreasoningtool_usecode

API ID: qwen/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct

Input Price
$0.07
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.27
/1M tokens

About Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Qwen3 Coder is Alibaba's specialized code generation model from the Qwen 3 generation, achieving state-of-the-art performance on programming benchmarks. The model excels at code completion, generation, explanation, and debugging across dozens of programming languages. Qwen3 Coder features an extended context window suitable for analyzing entire codebases. It demonstrates exceptional performance on HumanEval, MBPP, and other coding benchmarks. The model supports fill-in-the-middle completion for IDE integrations. For developers seeking the most capable coding AI, Qwen3 Coder offers specialized capability that rivals dedicated coding models from any lab.

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Price Ranking
#344 lowest price among 599 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
160k
Max Output
33k
Release Date
2025-07-31
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use code
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Code generation, debugging, code review, refactoring
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.11
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Code Copilot
$0.98
/month
200 completions/day, ~1k tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$3.48
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$4.82
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

Alibaba Qwen Model Lineup

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Model Input Output Context Capabilities
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Current Free Free 160k chat reasoning tool_use code
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Qwen2.5 VL 3B Instruct Free Free 64k chat vision code
Qwen 2 7B Instruct Free Free 33k chat code
Qwen 2 72B Instruct Free Free 33k chat code
Qwen 1.5 72B Chat Free Free 33k chat code

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)