Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5.3 Codex, released by OpenAI in February 2026, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5.3 family. It targets software engineering workflows including automated code generation, test writing, and agentic multi-file editing, built on the incremental improvements of the GPT-5.3 generation.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct, released by Alibaba's Qwen team on July 22, 2025, is a Mixture-of-Experts large language model with 480 billion total parameters and 35 billion active parameters per inference, specifically designed for agentic coding tasks. It features a 256K token native context window (extendable to 1M tokens with extrapolation) and demonstrated competitive performance on agentic coding, browser automation, and tool-use benchmarks. Qwen3-Coder-480B targets automated software engineering, multi-step code agents, and open-source coding deployments under the Apache 2.0 license.
6 months newer
Qwen3-Coder-480B
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-07-22

GPT-5.3 Codex
OpenAI
2026-02
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.3 Codex
Qwen3-Coder-480B
OpenRouter
GPT-5.3 Codex
Qwen3-Coder-480B
GPT-5.3 Codex
Qwen3-Coder-480B