OpenAI o3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare OpenAI o3 by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI o3 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is 27x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o3
Input
$10.00
Output
$40.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
67× cheaper
Output
$1.50
27× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 67× input, 27× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 57.7x more emoji
OpenAI o3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
68%Vocabulary54%
14wSentence Length16w
0.26Hedging0.31
0.7Bold6.0
3.0Lists4.5
0.00Emoji0.58
0.38Headings0.88
0.12Transitions0.10
Based on 16 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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