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MAI DS R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

MAI DS R1 (Microsoft) and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (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 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, MAI DS R1 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#95 vs #97).

Which should you choose?

Choose MAI DS R1 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #95 against #97 (46.8 vs 45.8 points).

Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B if…

  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B was listed 23 July 2025, MAI DS R1 16 April 2025.

MAI DS R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of MAI DS R1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
FieldMAI DS R1MicrosoftQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
ModelCap Index position#95#97
Index score46.845.8
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.30
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.00
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—66K
API providers listed05
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed16 April 202523 July 2025
PublisherMicrosoftQwen

Evidence: finetune of deepseek/deepseek-r1 · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: MAI DS R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Public benchmark boards where MAI DS R1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has a published result
BoardMAI DS R1Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14581449–1467Only one result
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)—55.4%Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—43.6%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—4.5%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct":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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MAI DS R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: common questions

Is MAI DS R1 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

MAI DS R1 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #95 against #97. 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 MAI DS R1 cheaper than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

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, MAI DS R1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, MAI DS R1 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

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 MAI DS R1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B open-weight models?

MAI DS R1: Open weights. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 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 MAI DS R1 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for MAI DS R1 and 5 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this MAI DS R1 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 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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