Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) by Google AI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
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
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
Output
$3.50
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
1.2× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 1.2× input, 2.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 58.9x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
53%Vocabulary52%
14wSentence Length16w
0.38Hedging0.20
4.4Bold5.8
4.1Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.59
0.00Headings0.96
0.24Transitions0.05
Based on 7 + 20 text responses
Research
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