Qwen 3 Preliminary Test: Near K3 Coding Performance at Half the Price
QuixiAI · x · 2026-08-04
Preliminary tests by QuixiAI show that Qwen 3 performs well in agentic coding. While its capability is only slightly worse than K3, it is 2x cheaper, making it the top model in that price range.
However, a reply noted that its performance sounds very close to DeepSeek v4 flash 0731, which is even faster, cheaper, and smaller.
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