Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 28.2% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B was developed as a compact distilled variant, designed to bring reasoning capabilities to a more efficient 8B parameter Llama base. Built to democratize access to reasoning-enhanced models, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring analytical depth with limited resources.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Thinking was created as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended analytical capabilities into the Qwen3-Next architecture. Built to handle complex problem-solving with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves applications requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

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Available providers and their performance metrics

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