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o3 Mini vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

o3 Mini leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 12.5 to 11.2, and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs 3.7x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.40 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace o3 Mini Replace Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
o3 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
38.0
Output $/M
$4.40
4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.20
25
vs boards won of 29 shared

o3 Mini or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: which to pick

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

Pick o3 Mini for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model Ao3 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
29
o3 Mini only
42
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
o3 Mini not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 7.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare: o3 Mini 1330 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 1392, 10.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
o3 Mini $4.40 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.7x apart.
Context window
o3 Mini takes 200K 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
Categoryo3 MiniBarsQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingTies
Coding02
Intelligence10
Reasoning03
Math11
Knowledge04
General215
All shared boards425
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Aider polyglot60.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified42.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench Lite32.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured17.4Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)71.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)73.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SciCode42.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
GSO-Bench1.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
WeirdML43.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Cybench22.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding13781392Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: software and IT13641393Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
SciCode7.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Intelligence Index12.511.2o3 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index140.2Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom31.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
GPQA Diamond75.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)77.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)12.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)77.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI34.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-23.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SimpleBench22.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Chess puzzles15.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles7.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13651371Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: expert13641376Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13751384Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Math benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AIME86.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)91.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)91.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME76.9%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 318.6%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MATH level 596.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math13961399Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: mathematical work13991390o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
MMLU Pro78.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)71.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)45.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)69.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)94.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.2%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified15.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science13391384Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13301392Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: legal and government13281364Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: business and finance13131360Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index215
General benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
IFBench67.1%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)43.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
DTBench68.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMCA19.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Fiction.LiveBench50.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)61.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text13371368Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: instruction following13371344Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: creative writing12861314Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: English13511392Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: non-English13191342Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: Chinese13791407Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: German13031356Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: Japanese12861280o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean13131310o3 Mini
LMArena Text: French13341351Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: Spanish13211358Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: Russian13041337Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: Polish12941345Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: multi-turn13201346Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: longer queries13431353Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: writing and language13131330Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12831312Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3 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

o3 Mini$0.0033Fits 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

o3 Mini$0.068Fits 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

o3 Mini$0.264Exceeds 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 o3 Mini and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
SpecificationOpenAI o3 MiniQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2025September 11, 2025
Context window200K262K
Input $/Mtok$1.10$0.15
Output $/Mtok$4.40$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is o3 Mini better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick o3 Mini for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, o3 Mini or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

o3 Mini costs $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 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, o3 Mini or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the o3 Mini vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking comparison based on?

29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. o3 Mini'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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