GPT-5.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare GPT-5.5 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is 20x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.5
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
33× cheaper
Output
$1.50
20× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 33× input, 20× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 57.7x more emoji
GPT-5.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58%Vocabulary54%
18wSentence Length16w
0.74Hedging0.31
2.9Bold6.0
5.1Lists4.5
0.00Emoji0.58
1.68Headings0.88
0.03Transitions0.10
Based on 26 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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