Claude 1vsQwen3-Coder

Claude 1
Qwen3-Coder
Specifications
Parameters
480B
Context window
9k
256k
Overview
CompanyAnthropicQwen
Release dateMar 14 2023Jul 22 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight

Which is better: Claude 1 or Qwen3-Coder?

Claude 1 and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 1 shipped 861 days before Qwen3-Coder, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 9k (Claude 1) vs 256k (Qwen3-Coder). Claude 1 is proprietary, while Qwen3-Coder is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 1 and Qwen3-Coder don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 1 was released by Anthropic on Mar 14 2023.

Qwen3-Coder was released by Qwen on Jul 22 2025.

Claude 1 has a 9k context window; Qwen3-Coder has 256k.

Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Qwen3-Coder is an open weight model released by Qwen.

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