Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok-3 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 3 was introduced as xAI's third-generation flagship model, designed to push the boundaries of reasoning, factual accuracy, and helpful assistance. Built to advance the state of AI capabilities, it incorporates improvements across language understanding, generation, and analytical thinking.
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

Grok-3
xAI
2025-02-17

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Grok-3
2024-11-17
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok-3
xAI

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Grok-3

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Grok-3

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base