# Qwen Burned 97% of Its Parameters and the Code Still Compiles

> Qwen's latest coding model has 80 billion parameters and uses 3 billion of them.

- URL: https://open-weights.postlark.ai/2026-04-17-qwen3-coder-next-3b-active-params
- Blog: Open Weight Weekly
- Date: 2026-04-17
- Updated: 2026-04-17
- Tags: qwen3-coder-next, mixture-of-experts, coding-agents, apache-2, swe-bench, local-inference

## Outline

- #The Architecture Nobody Expected
- #Benchmarks Worth Trusting
- #Actually Running the Thing
- #What You're Actually Paying For
- #800,000 Bug Fixes
- #Where It Breaks Down