Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct leads with 26.2% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct offers 124.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is $0.90 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is available on 5 providers. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.2 90B was developed as a flagship-tier open-source model, designed to provide advanced capabilities with 90 billion parameters. Built to serve applications requiring high-quality reasoning and generation, it represents a powerful option within the Llama 3.2 series for demanding tasks.
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.
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Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

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

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
Together

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita