Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
API ID: qwen/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct
About Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct is a 30.5B parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 128 experts (8 active per forward pass), designed for advanced code generation, repository-scale understanding, and agentic tool use. Built on the Qwen3 architecture, it supports a native context length of 256K tokens (extendable to 1M with Yarn) and performs strongly in tasks involving function calls, browser use, and structured code completion. This model is optimized for instruction-following without “thinking mode”, and integrates well with OpenAI-compatible tool-use formats.
Model Specifications
Best For
- Code generation, debugging, code review, refactoring
- Conversations, content writing, general assistance
Consider Alternatives For
- Image understanding (needs vision capability)
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Alibaba Qwen Model Lineup
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| Model | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Current | Free | Free | 262k | chat code tool_use |
| Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct | Free | Free | 33k | chat vision tool_use |
| Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B | Free | Free | 8k | chat code |
| Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B | Free | Free | 8k | chat code |
| Qwen2.5 VL 3B Instruct | Free | Free | 64k | chat vision code |
| Qwen2.5 VL 3B Instruct | Free | Free | 64k | chat vision code |
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