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o3-mini vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 2.7% higher average benchmark score. o3-mini offers 168.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is $3.85 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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OpenAI
o3-mini was created as an efficient variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed to provide advanced thinking capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to make next-generation reasoning accessible to a broader range of applications, it balances analytical depth with practical speed and cost considerations.
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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.
7 months newer
o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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o3-mini
Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40
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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input:$0.15
Output:$1.50($3.85 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks
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o3-mini
Average Score:67.9%(+2.7%)
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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Average Score:65.2%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
o3-mini
2023-09-30
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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o3-mini
2 providers
Azure
Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms
OpenAI
Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms
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o3-mini
Avg Score:67.9%(+2.7%)
Providers:2
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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Avg Score:65.2%
Providers:1