Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
Compare Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free), both from Qwen, context windows of 66K vs 1.0M, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
Output
$1.50
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 2.1x more transitions
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
54%Vocabulary63%
16wSentence Length14w
0.31Hedging0.21
6.0Bold3.7
4.5Lists2.3
0.58Emoji1.18
0.88Headings0.77
0.10Transitions0.05
Based on 17 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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