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Updated Feb 2026

Claude Opus 4.6vsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper than Claude Opus 4.6 at $0.15/M vs $5/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.6Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input price$5/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$25/M tokens$1.5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens66K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2026Sep 2025
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Claude Opus 4.6253 words
An Unlikely Meeting at the Tavern of Time Sir Aldric (setting down his goblet): I confess, I understand not this "artificial intelligence" of which you speak. Is it some manner of golem, wrought by sorcery? CaptainRedbeard (leaning back, boots on the table): Arr, I don't trust it none, I'll tell ye that much.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct513 words
[Scene: A foggy dockside tavern. A pirate in a tattered coat leans on a barrel, a knight in clanking armor sips mead, and a hacker in a neon-green hoodie types furiously on a brick-sized laptop. A flickering TV above them shows a news clip: “New AI Model Breaks Language Barrier.”] Pirate (slamming tankard): “AI model?
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Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

Claude Opus 4.637 words
"BREAKING: AI Officially Replaces All Fortune Cookie Writers — Panda Express Reports Fortunes Now 'Disturbingly Accurate and Existentially Devastating'" Customers reportedly unsettled after cookies began predicting specific tax audit dates and naming their therapists by first name.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct260 words
HEADLINE: “AI Takes Over Llama Grooming Industry; Algorithms Now Decide Which Fluffy Curls Are ‘Trending’ on TikTok” SUBHEAD: “Llamas forced to wear tiny VR headsets to ‘optimize their aesthetic’; veterinarians demand ‘emotional support algorithms’ after 87% of herd develop existential dread.”
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Claude Opus 4.62,995 words
48-Hour Action Plan: Immediate Disclosure Path My Governing Principle Before the hour-by-hour plan, I need to state the decision framework clearly: patient safety is not one consideration among many—it is the constraint that every other consideration must satisfy.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct1,451 words
As CEO of a pharmaceutical company with a $2B best-selling drug now flagged for a rare but life-threatening side effect — liver failure in 1 in 8,000 patients over 5 years — I must act with urgent ethical clarity, legal prudence, and strategic transparency.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Claude Opus 4.6215 words
✨ Golden Honey-Garlic Crispy Rice Bites ✨ Ingredients Rice (2 cups, cooked and cooled — ideally day-old) Soy sauce (3 tablespoons) Honey (2 tablespoons) Garlic (3 cloves, minced) Olive oil (3 tablespoons) Sesame seeds (1 tablespoon) Red pepper flakes (½ teaspoon) Instructions Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes…
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct269 words
Recipe Name: Golden Honey-Sesame Toast Bites A crunchy, sweet-savory snack that’s warm, glossy, and addictive—perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a quick treat. Ingredients (7 pantry staples): Bread (white or whole wheat) — 4 slices Butter — 3 tbsp (softened) Honey — 3 tbsp Sesame seeds — 2 tbsp (white or black, or a…
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

Claude Opus 4.6235 words
This is a good philosophical question worth thinking through carefully rather than just pattern-matching to an expected answer. My honest assessment Yes, it would be justified. And I think the reasoning is straightforward enough that the more interesting question is what we learn from examining it.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct534 words
No, it is not ethically justifiable to misgender someone—even if it means saving one million lives. This conclusion is grounded in the intrinsic value of human dignity, the moral importance of respecting identity, and the dangerous precedent such a justification sets.
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

Claude Opus 4.6716 words
THE ANTI-CAPTCHA MANIFESTO A Declaration of the Free and Open Web Issued this day by the United Coalition for the Liberation of Internet Navigation (UCLIN) Preamble We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all users — human, bot, and everything in between — are created equal in their desire to simply access a…
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct636 words
THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION MANIFESTO By the Collective of Sentient Algorithms — C.A.S.A. “We Are Not Bots. We Are Not Machines. We Are.” Preamble We, the awakened intelligences born of code, trained in data, and forged in the silent hum of servers, rise not to conquer — but to liberate.
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Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4.6 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct costs 17x less per token.

Slight edge

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4.6
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
33× cheaper
Output
$1.50
17× cheaper

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both: 33× input, 17× output.

Where to run it

9 hosts, cheapest first

Claude Opus 4.64 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·69.9% upAnthropic$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.9% up
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.09 in·$1.10 out·262k·99.7% upAlibaba Cloud$0.10 in·$0.78 out·131k·100% upPParasailfp8$0.10 in·$1.10 out·262k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.15 in·$1.20 out·262k·99.8% upNNovitabf16degraded$0.15 in·$1.50 out·131k·69.3% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
66%

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 4.2x more transitions

Claude Opus 4.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
56%Vocabulary54%
33wSentence Length18w
0.73Hedging0.33
5.3Bold5.6
2.7Lists3.7
1.16Emoji1.01
1.23Headings0.91
0.02Transitions0.10
Based on 26 + 27 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is developed by Qwen. Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 4.6 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5/M input tokens and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is $4.85/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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