Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

Qwen3 Coder Next FP8 vs Step 3.5 Flash (free)

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · Qwen3 Coder Next FP8 · Step 3.5 Flash (free) are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
Qwen3 Coder Next FP8
no bench·#2 by attention
QUIET
Step 3.5 Flash (free)
no bench·no signal
QUIET
Best value
Qwen3 Coder Next FP8
n/a
no price
Step 3.5 Flash (free)
n/a
$0.00/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
Alibaba logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
stepfun logo
StepFun
$5.0B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Alibaba logoQwen3 Coder Next FP8————
stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash (free)$0.00$0.00256K tokens (~128 books)—