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Qwen3 Coder 480B (OpenRouter)

Large coding model surfaced via OpenRouter with strong cost-performance profile for dev teams.

verifiedRecently verifiedSource: openrouter-models-api
Health medium (35)

Best for

  • Cost-aware coding copilots and large repo maintenance workflows.

Limitations

  • May need stronger instruction scaffolding for strict enterprise style guides.
  • Use evaluation harness for critical production refactors.

Use carefully when

  • No-review auto-merge pipelines.

Quickstart

  1. Start with small patch tasks and add unit-test generation in the same loop.

Setup checklist

  • • API key required: Yes
  • • SDK quality: medium
  • • Self-host difficulty: medium

Health Meter

  • • Setup complexity: 50
  • • Safety & misuse risk: 33
  • • License/compliance risk: 18

Good baseline for controlled deployment.

Capabilities

  • contextTokens262144
  • toolCallingtrue
  • codeRefactoringtrue

Benchmarks

contextWindowTokens
262144
inputCostPerMUsd
0.22
outputCostPerMUsd
1
inputModalitiesCount
1

Community reviews

0 reviews • avg -

Samples

Refactor patch

Convert callback-heavy handler into typed async pipeline with tests.

Last verified: 25/2/2026, 2:24:25 am • Source: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
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