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Qwen3 Coder Next vs UI Mate 9B

Qwen3 Coder Next (Qwen) and UI Mate 9B (Tencent) 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 19 August 2026

As of 19 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder Next holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#89 vs #90).

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 Coder Next if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #89 against #90 (27.6 vs 27.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.

Choose UI Mate 9B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — UI Mate 9B was listed 14 August 2026, Qwen3 Coder Next 4 February 2026.

Qwen3 Coder Next vs UI Mate 9B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 Coder Next and UI Mate 9B
FieldQwen3 Coder NextQwenUI Mate 9BTencent
ModelCap Index position#89#90
Index score27.627.4
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.12Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.80Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens262K—
API providers listed40
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed4 February 202614 August 2026
PublisherQwenTencent

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · finetune · finetune. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 Coder Next vs UI Mate 9B

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 Coder Next or UI Mate 9B has a published result
BoardQwen3 Coder NextUI Mate 9BLeads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis21.3intelligence-index—Only 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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Qwen3 Coder Next vs UI Mate 9B: common questions

Is Qwen3 Coder Next better than UI Mate 9B?

Qwen3 Coder Next ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 August 2026: #89 against #90. 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.

Is Qwen3 Coder Next cheaper than UI Mate 9B?

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, Qwen3 Coder Next or UI Mate 9B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 Coder Next or UI Mate 9B?

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 Qwen3 Coder Next and UI Mate 9B open-weight models?

Qwen3 Coder Next: Open weights. UI Mate 9B: 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 Qwen3 Coder Next and UI Mate 9B?

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

How current is this Qwen3 Coder Next vs UI Mate 9B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 August 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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