Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Zero was introduced as an experimental variant trained with minimal human supervision, designed to develop reasoning patterns through self-guided reinforcement learning. Built to explore how models can discover analytical strategies independently, it represents research into autonomous reasoning capability development.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3-Next 80B, designed to combine large-scale mixture-of-experts architecture with reliable instruction-following. Built to demonstrate efficient deployment of capable models, it balances advanced performance with practical computational efficiency.
7 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

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

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct