GPT-5 Codex vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: side-by-side summary

GPT-5 Codex and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

GPT-5 Codex, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.07/M tokens input, $0.27/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• GPT-5 Codex: 400,000 tokens
• Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: 262,144 tokens

Price

• GPT-5 Codex: Pricing varies by provider
• Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: $0.07/M tokens input, $0.27/M tokens output

Provided by

• GPT-5 Codex: OpenAI
• Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: Qwen

• GPT-5 Codex model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct model details, providers and pricing