Qwen3 Coder vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Qwen3 Coder and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, both from Qwen, tested across 55 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Coder
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
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
Output
$0.95
1.6× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
1.5× cheaper
Output
$1.50
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins input (1.5× cheaper)·Qwen3 Coder wins output (1.6× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 5.1x more emoji
Qwen3 Coder
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
61%Vocabulary52%
72wSentence Length16w
0.61Hedging0.20
4.7Bold5.8
5.6Lists3.7
0.12Emoji0.59
1.43Headings0.96
0.20Transitions0.05
Based on 22 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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