Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
| Characteristic | Claude Opus 4.6 | Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Release Date | February 4, 2026 | September 9, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | 80B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 66K |
| Context (output) | 128K | 66K |
| Input Price / 1M | $5.00 | $0.15 |
| Output Price / 1M | $25.00 | $1.50 |
| Average Score | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Overall Performance
Both models show comparable average scores: Claude Opus 4.6 — 0.8, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct — 0.9.
API Cost
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 18.2x cheaper: input $0.15/1M vs $5.00/1M tokens.
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6 supports a larger context: 1M vs 66K tokens.
Recency
Claude Opus 4.6 is newer: released 2/4/2026 vs 9/9/2025.
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