Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 3.9% higher average benchmark score. 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 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 Zero
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

DeepSeek R1 Zero

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

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking