DeepSeek R1 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
3.7× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.5× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
65%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 13.4x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
62%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length16w
0.52Hedging0.31
8.0Bold6.0
5.7Lists4.5
0.04Emoji0.58
0.62Headings0.88
0.28Transitions0.10
Based on 22 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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