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Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B ThinkingvsQwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking leads 7 of 9 shared benchmarks. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking is 1.5x cheaper per token. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking has the larger context window (262K tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
7 – 2
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking
1.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking
262K tokens
Providers
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Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking
Qwen · released 2025-09-11
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Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct
Qwen · released 2025-09-23
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
9 shared · 7 only Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking · 8 only Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct| Benchmark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 9 | ||||
| MMLU-Pro | 82.7% ↗ | 81.8% ↗ | +0.9 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Elo | 1369.4 ↗ | 1413.4 ↗ | -44 | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct |
| AIME25 | 87.8% ↗ | 74.7% ↗ | +13.1 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Arena-Hard v2 | 62.3% ↗ | 77.4% ↗ | -15.1 pt | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct |
| BFCL-v3 | 72% ↗ | 67.7% ↗ | +4.3 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| HMMT25 | 73.9% ↗ | 57.4% ↗ | +16.5 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| IFEval | 88.9% ↗ | 87.8% ↗ | +1.1 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| MMLU-Redux | 92.5% ↗ | 92.2% ↗ | +0.3 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| SuperGPQA | 60.8% ↗ | 60.4% ↗ | +0.4 pt | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Only Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking reports · 7 | ||||
| GPQA | 77.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveBench 241125 | 76.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 (25.02-25.05) | 68.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OJBench | 29.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| TAU2-Airline | 60.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| TAU2-Retail | 67.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| TAU2-Telecom | 43.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct reports · 8 | ||||
| LCBV6 (25.02-25.05) | not reported | 54.3% ↗ | — | — |
| LMArena Vision (LMArena) | not reported | 1215.1 ↗ | — | — |
| MathVista (mini) | not reported | 84.9% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU (val) | not reported | 78.7% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU_Pro | not reported | 68.1% ↗ | — | — |
| ScreenSpot Pro | not reported | 62% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA | not reported | 51.9% ↗ | — | — |
| VideoMME (w/o sub) | not reported | 79.2% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking minus Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 256K tokens | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.4 ↗ | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Output price / 1M | $1.2 ↗ | $1.6 ↗ | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.35 | $2 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking |
| Modalities | text | text · vision · video | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Instruct |
| Released | 2025-09-11 | 2025-09-23 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 16 | 17 | — |
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