GPT-5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare GPT-5 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 400K vs 66K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 6.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
8.3× cheaper
Output
$1.50
6.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 6.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 58.9x more emoji
GPT-5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
65%Vocabulary52%
13wSentence Length16w
0.20Hedging0.20
0.2Bold5.8
4.6Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.59
0.16Headings0.96
0.03Transitions0.05
Based on 16 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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