Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 3 mini, released by xAI alongside Grok 3 in February 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the Grok 3 family featuring RL-enhanced Think mode for extended chain-of-thought processing. It features a 131K token context window and targets STEM tasks, mathematics, and coding applications where cost-efficient reasoning with configurable depth is required.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3 Coder Next is a coding-specialized open-weight model from Alibaba's Qwen3 family, built on the Qwen3-Next architecture with hybrid attention and Mixture-of-Experts design optimized for local development and agentic coding workflows. It targets on-device and self-hosted deployments requiring a capable coding agent that can operate within consumer hardware constraints.
11 months newer

Grok 3 mini
xAI
2025-02-17
Qwen3 Coder Next
Alibaba / Qwen
2026-02-04
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 3 mini
xAI
Qwen3 Coder Next
Grok 3 mini
Qwen3 Coder Next
Grok 3 mini
Qwen3 Coder Next