What is the context window of Qwen3 Coder Plus, and how long can its output be?

The context window of Qwen3 Coder Plus is 1M tokens (1,048,576), and its maximum output is 66K tokens (65,536).

Can Qwen3 Coder Plus read images, audio, video or PDFs?

No. Qwen3 Coder Plus only accepts text as input.

Does Qwen3 Coder Plus support tool calling?

Yes. Qwen3 Coder Plus supports tool calling (function calling).

Does Qwen3 Coder Plus have a reasoning or thinking mode?

No. Qwen3 Coder Plus does not support a reasoning or thinking mode.

What is the knowledge cutoff of Qwen3 Coder Plus?

The knowledge cutoff of Qwen3 Coder Plus is 2025-04.

What are the closest alternatives to Qwen3 Coder Plus?

Matched on model kind and release date (no comparable price), the closest alternatives are Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 by Google DeepMind, Apple On-Device Model (2025) by Apple, and Apple Server Model (2025) by Apple.

What is the best open-weight alternative to Qwen3 Coder Plus?

The highest-ranked open-weight model on Arena Text is Kimi K3 at rank 19. Qwen3 Coder Plus itself is closed.

What is the difference between Qwen3 Coder Plus and Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 Coder Plus has a context of 1M tokens (1,048,576), while Qwen3 235B-A22B has 131K tokens (131,072). Qwen3 Coder Plus was released July 23, 2025, and Qwen3 235B-A22B was released April 28, 2025.

Is Qwen3 Coder Plus open source or open weights?

No. Qwen3 Coder Plus is closed.

Who made Qwen3 Coder Plus and when was it released?

Qwen3 Coder Plus was made by Qwen and released on July 23, 2025.

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Alibaba

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Developer	Alibaba
Release date	July 23, 2025
Family	Qwen
Generation	Qwen 3
Level
Context window	1M tokens
Max output	66K tokens
Input	Text
Output	Text
Knowledge cutoff	2025-04
Weights	Closed
Website	alibabagroup.com

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Context: 1Mtokens
Released: 1y ago

Hosted Qwen coder for software agents, repo edits, and long-context code

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Additional source evidence

Source model: alibaba/qwen3-coder-plus
Source family: qwen
Last updated: 2025-07-23
Knowledge cutoff: 2025-04
Model context: 1M
Model output limit: 66K
Open weights: No
File attachments: No
Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Temperature control: Yes

Complete source record (JSON)

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