Head-to-head showdown: Cohere Command R+ ($2.50 in / $10.00 out per 1M) vs Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) ($0.20 in / $0.97 out per 1M). Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is 10.7× cheaper across standard token mixes, with 128K vs 1M context windows.
command-r-plus-08-2024 · cohere
qwen3-coder-flash · qwen
Benchmark
| Workload Scenario | Cohere Command R+ | Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) | Price Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input tokens (raw text) | $2.50 | $0.195 | +$2.305 |
| 1M output tokens (generation) | $10.00 | $0.975 | +$9.025 |
| 1M tokens · 70% input / 30% output mix | $4.75 | $0.429 | +$4.321 |
| Standard chat turn (4K in / 800 out, 50% cached) | $0.018 | $0.001248 | +$0.0168 |
| Monthly scale (10K requests / day) | $5,400.00 | $374.40 | +$5,025.60 |
Negative difference = Cohere Command R+ is cheaper. Positive = Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is cheaper.
Scaling Curve
Total cost of a token volume at 70/30 input/output split (uncached). Log-log scale.
Verdict
Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is cheaper on both input and output rates, so it costs less at every input/output mix. Price alone still isn't the whole decision: capability, latency and context limits (Cohere Command R+: 128K, Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter): 1M) may justify the premium for your task.
FAQ
On input, Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is cheaper ($0.195/M vs $2.50/M). On output, Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is cheaper ($0.975/M vs $10.00/M). The same model is cheaper on both sides, so it wins at every mix.
A chat-style request (4,000 input + 800 output tokens, 50% cached) costs $0.018 on Cohere Command R+ and $0.001248 on Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) — Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) is 14.4× more expensive for that workload.
Cohere Command R+ supports 128,000 tokens (4.1K max output); Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) supports 1,000,000 (65.5K max output). Qwen3 Coder Flash (OpenRouter) fits 7.8× more context, which matters for long documents and agents.