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Fara1.5 9B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Fara1.5 9B (Microsoft) and Qwen3 Coder Next (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Fara1.5 9B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#102 vs #105).

Which should you choose?

Choose Fara1.5 9B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #102 against #105 (39.9 vs 39.3 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Fara1.5 9B was listed 12 May 2026, Qwen3 Coder Next 4 February 2026.

Choose Qwen3 Coder Next if…

  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.

Fara1.5 9B vs Qwen3 Coder Next: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Fara1.5 9B and Qwen3 Coder Next
FieldFara1.5 9BMicrosoftQwen3 Coder NextQwen
ModelCap Index position#102#105
Index score39.939.3
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.12
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.80
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—236K
API providers listed04
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed12 May 20264 February 2026
PublisherMicrosoftQwen

Evidence: finetune of qwen/qwen3.5-9b · finetune (100%) · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Fara1.5 9B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Public benchmark boards where Fara1.5 9B or Qwen3 Coder Next has a published result
BoardFara1.5 9BQwen3 Coder NextLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—10.1intelligence-index:v4.3:non-reasoningOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—38.2%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—79.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—10.1%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Fara1.5 9B vs Qwen3 Coder Next: common questions

Is Fara1.5 9B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Fara1.5 9B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #102 against #105. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Fara1.5 9B cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Fara1.5 9B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Fara1.5 9B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Fara1.5 9B and Qwen3 Coder Next open-weight models?

Fara1.5 9B: Open weights. Qwen3 Coder Next: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Fara1.5 9B and Qwen3 Coder Next?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Fara1.5 9B and 4 for Qwen3 Coder Next, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Fara1.5 9B vs Qwen3 Coder Next comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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