Gemma 2 27B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Gemma 2 27B

Google

Gemma 2 27B was developed as an open-source language model with 27 billion parameters, designed to provide researchers and developers with a capable, instruction-tuned model for experimentation and deployment. Built to democratize access to advanced language understanding, it combines strong performance with the flexibility of open-source licensing.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3-Next 80B Base was introduced as an experimental base model with 80 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to explore advanced mixture-of-experts architectures, it provides a foundation for fine-tuning and research into efficient large-scale model design.