Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3 Coder, both from Qwen, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen3 Coder
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 Coder is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
Output
$4.00
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
1.8× cheaper
Output
$0.95
4.2× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen3 Coder uses 4.9x more sentence length
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen3 Coder
54%Vocabulary61%
15wSentence Length72w
0.36Hedging0.61
7.0Bold4.7
4.6Lists5.6
0.34Emoji0.12
0.94Headings1.43
0.09Transitions0.20
Based on 18 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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