Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, both from Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen Plus 0728 (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
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
Output
$4.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
2.7× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 2.7× input, 2.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
70%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 1.7x more hedging
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
54%Vocabulary52%
15wSentence Length16w
0.36Hedging0.20
7.0Bold5.8
4.6Lists3.7
0.34Emoji0.59
0.94Headings0.96
0.09Transitions0.05
Based on 18 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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