Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 8.5% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ 32B was developed as a reasoning-focused model, designed to emphasize analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Built with 32 billion parameters optimized for step-by-step reasoning, it demonstrates Qwen's exploration into models that prioritize deliberate analytical processing.
6 months newer

QwQ-32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-03-05

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B
2024-11-28
Available providers and their performance metrics

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita

QwQ-32B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

QwQ-32B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

QwQ-32B