Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 2.9% higher average benchmark score. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 offers 16.4K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is $0.70 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3 235B, designed to follow user instructions while leveraging the model's large-scale architecture. Built to provide advanced instruction-following with efficient mixture-of-experts design, it serves applications requiring both capability and practical deployment.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Thinking was created as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended analytical capabilities into the Qwen3-Next architecture. Built to handle complex problem-solving with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves applications requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
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Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-22

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

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 18 common benchmarks

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

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

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Novita

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita