OpenAI o4-mini vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
7.3× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.9× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 7.3× input, 2.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 576.3x more bold
OpenAI o4-mini
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
73%Vocabulary52%
15wSentence Length16w
0.18Hedging0.20
0.0Bold5.8
2.1Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.59
0.00Headings0.96
0.02Transitions0.05
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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