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R1 0528 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

R1 0528 leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13.1 to 11.2, and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs 1.8x less per output token ($1.20 vs $2.18 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace R1 0528 Replace Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
R1 0528DeepSeek
Coding
No data
Overall
46.8
Output $/M
$2.18
29
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.20
0
vs boards won of 29 shared

R1 0528 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AR1 0528DeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
29
R1 0528 only
34
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking only
1
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
R1 0528 not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
Widest category
General, 10.7 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: R1 0528 1391 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 1280, 18.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
R1 0528 $2.18 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $1.20 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
Context window
R1 0528 takes 164K tokens, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryR1 0528BarsQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingTies
Coding20
Intelligence10
Reasoning30
Math20
Knowledge40
General170
All shared boards290
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
Coding benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Aider polyglot71.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured17.4Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)77.0%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)15.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
WeirdML41.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ALE-Bench804.1Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: coding14271392R1 0528
LMArena Text: software and IT14351393R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Intelligence Index13.111.2R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom36.5%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
METR time horizons53.8%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
DeepResearch Bench35.1%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
BrowseComp-Plus16.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Reasoning benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)81.3%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)15.8%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)76.3%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ARC-AGI21.2%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ARC-AGI-21.1%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
SimpleBench40.8%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14151371R1 0528
LMArena Text: expert13941376R1 0528
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14221384R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Math Index76.0Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)76.0%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
OTIS Mock AIME66.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
MATH level 596.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: math14001399R1 0528
LMArena Text: mathematical work14151390R1 0528
MathArena12.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)84.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: science14301384R1 0528
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14451392R1 0528
LMArena Text: legal and government14191364R1 0528
LMArena Text: business and finance14021360R1 0528
PRBench Finance32.7%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
PRBench Legal36.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Design Arena: websites1149Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: UI components1100Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: game dev1097Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: data viz1182Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: 3D1110Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1138Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: SVG1038Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
General benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
IFBench39.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)55.7%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Fiction.LiveBench75.0%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)81.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text14281368R1 0528
LMArena Text: instruction following13821344R1 0528
LMArena Text: creative writing14051314R1 0528
LMArena Text: English14371392R1 0528
LMArena Text: non-English14121342R1 0528
LMArena Text: Chinese14421407R1 0528
LMArena Text: German14041356R1 0528
LMArena Text: Japanese13911280R1 0528
LMArena Text: Korean13601310R1 0528
LMArena Text: French14171351R1 0528
LMArena Text: Spanish14111358R1 0528
LMArena Text: Russian14231337R1 0528
LMArena Text: Polish14281345R1 0528
LMArena Text: multi-turn14051346R1 0528
LMArena Text: longer queries13911353R1 0528
LMArena Text: writing and language14021330R1 0528
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14001312R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkR1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

R1 0528$0.0016Fits in one request
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.0008Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

R1 0528$0.032Fits in one request
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.011Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

R1 0528$0.122Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.042Fits in one request

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of R1 0528 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
SpecificationDeepSeek R1 0528Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
MakerDeepSeekQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMay 28, 2025September 11, 2025
Context window164K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.50$0.15
Output $/Mtok$2.18$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is R1 0528 better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

R1 0528 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.18 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, R1 0528 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the R1 0528 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking comparison based on?

29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. R1 0528's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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