Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4.5 was developed as an intermediate advancement between GPT-4 and GPT-5, designed to incorporate incremental improvements in reasoning, factuality, and instruction-following. Built to bridge generational capabilities while maintaining compatibility with existing applications, it represents a refinement of the GPT-4 architecture with enhanced performance characteristics.
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.
6 months newer

GPT-4.5
OpenAI
2025-02-27

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

GPT-4.5
OpenAI

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

GPT-4.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

GPT-4.5

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base