The model’s usage share on AI marketplace OpenRouter hit 20 per cent as of mid-August, behind only Anthropic’s coding model
Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence coding model Qwen 3 Coder has been gaining popularity globally amid intensified competition in the AI-assisted coding sector, according to data from a third-party agency.
The model’s usage share on AI marketplace OpenRouter soared to more than 20 per cent as of mid-August, trailing only Amazon.com-backed Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 with 31 per cent of usage.
Alibaba’s Qwen team released the Qwen 3 Coder on July 23, claiming it delivers top-tier AI coding performance on par with Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4, citing various third-party benchmark tests. Claude Sonnet 4 is widely regarded as the industry’s leading coding model. Alibaba owns the Post.
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