Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
| Characteristic | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 | Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Release Date | July 24, 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
| Parameters | 235B | 80B |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | 256K | 66K |
| Context (output) | 131K | 66K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.30 | $0.15 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.00 | $1.50 |
| Average Score | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| MMLU-Redux | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| IFEval | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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Verdict
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 — 0.9, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct — 0.9.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 2.0x cheaper: input $0.15/1M vs $0.30/1M tokens.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 supports a larger context: 256K vs 66K tokens.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is newer: released 9/9/2025 vs 7/24/2025.
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