Aurora Alpha vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Aurora Alpha by OpenRouter against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Aurora Alpha
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Aurora Alpha has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Aurora Alpha
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
Output
$1.50
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 5.9x more emoji
Aurora Alpha
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
52%Vocabulary52%
21wSentence Length16w
0.43Hedging0.20
6.3Bold5.8
2.2Lists3.7
0.10Emoji0.59
0.69Headings0.96
0.16Transitions0.05
Based on 22 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
