Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Qwen3 Coder Next cheaper?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper on output tokens ($0.80 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Qwen3 Coder Next based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	Qwen3 Coder Next
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.11
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$0.80
Context window	1M	262K
Parameters	—	80B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Feb 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →Qwen3 Coder Next details →

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