Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1 offers 131.1K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is $1.09 cheaper per million tokens. DeepSeek-R1 is available on 5 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 was developed as a reasoning-focused language model, designed to combine chain-of-thought reasoning with reinforcement learning techniques. Built to excel at complex problem-solving through trial-and-error learning and deliberate analytical processes, it demonstrates the power of efficient training methods in open-source model development.
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.
7 months newer

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita