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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 12.7 to 11.2, and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs 2.9x less per output token ($1.20 vs $3.50 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 Replace Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen
Coding
No data
Overall
52.9
Output $/M
$3.50
29
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.20
0
vs boards won of 29 shared

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 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 AQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507QwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
29
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 only
17
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
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
Widest category
Reasoning, 10.0 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 1386 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 1280, 17.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $3.50 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.9x apart.
Context window
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 takes 128K 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
CategoryQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507BarsQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingTies
Coding30
Intelligence10
Reasoning30
Math20
Knowledge40
General160
All shared boards290
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Coding Index22.117.4Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
WeirdML41.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: coding14241391Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: software and IT14311393Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Intelligence Index12.711.2Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
AA Agentic Index1.3Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Vending-Bench 2-$11Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)80.1%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Mystery game puzzles9.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14161371Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: expert14631376Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14321384Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME86.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: math14121398Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: mathematical work14351390Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
SimpleQA Verified40.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text: science14331385Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14561392Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: legal and government14151364Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: business and finance14121360Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
Design Arena: websites1052Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: UI components942Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: game dev956Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: data viz950Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: 3D998Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1032Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index160
General benchmarks for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeader
DTBench80.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMCA29.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Fiction.LiveBench75.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)82.4%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured
LMArena Text14151368Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: instruction following13861343Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: creative writing13841314Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: English14291392Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: non-English13971342Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: Chinese14811407Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: German14081356Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: Japanese13861280Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: Korean13751309Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1353Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking measured
LMArena Text: Spanish13891358Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: Russian14001337Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: Polish13901344Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: multi-turn14061346Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: longer queries13991353Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: writing and language13881330Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13701313Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
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 Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
BenchmarkQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 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

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.0022Fits 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

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.033Fits 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

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$0.125Exceeds 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 Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
SpecificationQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 25, 2025September 11, 2025
Context window128K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.45$0.15
Output $/Mtok$3.50$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 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, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $3.50 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, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking comparison based on?

29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507'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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