Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, both from Qwen, context windows of 66K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
13× cheaper
Output
$1.50
4.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 13× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 58.9x more emoji
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
52%Vocabulary48%
16wSentence Length17w
0.20Hedging0.95
5.8Bold4.3
3.7Lists8.2
0.59Emoji0.00
0.96Headings1.92
0.05Transitions0.02
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