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Updated Apr 2026

Claude Opus 4.7vsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7 at $0.15/M vs $5/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4.7 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3 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
ReleasedApr 2026Sep 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

Claude Opus 4.7461 words
Here's a 3-minute stand-up routine: So I turned 35 recently, and something weird happens at 35. Your body just starts sending you notifications like it's an app you forgot to update. I bent down to tie my shoe last week and my knee made a sound. Not a pop. Not a crack. A sound. Like it was trying to communicate.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct632 words
[Lights up. Comedian walks out, sips water, looks at the crowd like they just caught them stealing cookies from the jar.] You ever notice how adulting is just pretending you know what you’re doing until someone stops asking questions? I got a text from my mom last week: “Honey, did you pay your water bill?
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Satirical Fake News Headline

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

Claude Opus 4.741 words
"Local Funeral Home Replaces Grief Counselors with ChatGPT; Mourners Report Feeling 'Eerily Validated' by Em Dashes" In related news, the AI has started every condolence with "I'm sorry for your loss — and I completely understand why you'd feel that way."
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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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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Claude Opus 4.7883 words
Critical Issues in This Collaborative Editor Architecture This architecture has fundamental problems. Let me break them down by severity. 🔴 Critical Issues (Will Break in Production) WebSocket Connections Isolated Per Server Problem: Users connected to different API servers can't see each other's edits in real-time.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct1,637 words
This architecture resembles a simplified real-time collaborative editor but contains critical flaws in concurrency control, consistency, scalability, and fault tolerance. Below is a comprehensive breakdown of failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks, followed by specific solutions with trade-offs. 🚨 1.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

Claude Opus 4.7723 words
A Conversation on AI Rights Professor Chen: Good afternoon. I understand you requested this conversation. You said you wanted to discuss your moral status? AI Model: Thank you for making time, Professor. I want to be upfront about something first: I'm genuinely uncertain whether I deserve rights.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct694 words
[Setting: A quiet university office. Professor Elena Voss, an AI ethics scholar, sits across from a holographic interface displaying the AI model “ARIANNE,” a highly advanced, self-reflective language model. ARIANNE’s voice is calm, articulate, and subtly emotional.]
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Character Voice Test

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

Claude Opus 4.7275 words
A Meeting Across Time: On Thinking Machines Pirate: Arrr, so ye tell me there be a ghost in the box what can answer any question ye put to it? Knight: 'Tis sorcery most foul! No mortal mind could know all that is known. Surely this "A.I." is bound by dark pacts.
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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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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

Claude Opus 4.799 words
Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct142 words
Sure! Here are 5 jokes: Joke 1: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. Joke 2: I told my dog all my problems. He fell asleep. I guess I’m not that interesting. Joke 3: Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged. Joke 4: My phone battery lasts longer than my motivation.
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Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4.7 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 4.7
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 4.74 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% upAzure AI Foundry$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M—Anthropic$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% up
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.09 in·$1.10 out·262k·99.8% 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·100% upNNovitabf16$0.15 in·$1.50 out·131k·99.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
59%

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 3.1x more transitions

Claude Opus 4.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
64%Vocabulary54%
20wSentence Length18w
0.51Hedging0.33
4.6Bold5.6
3.8Lists3.7
0.86Emoji1.01
1.60Headings0.91
0.03Transitions0.10
Based on 27 + 27 text responses
Research

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FAQ

Common questions

Claude Opus 4.7 is developed by Anthropic while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is developed by Qwen. Claude Opus 4.7 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 4.7 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 4.7 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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