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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs ContextPilot E4B

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (Qwen) and ContextPilot E4B (Tencent) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 13 September 2026

As of 13 September 2026, ContextPilot E4B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#106 vs #108); and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ships open weights while ContextPilot E4B is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

Choose ContextPilot E4B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #106 against #108 (41.3 vs 40.6 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — ContextPilot E4B was listed 27 August 2026, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 11 September 2025.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs ContextPilot E4B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and ContextPilot E4B
FieldQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenContextPilot E4BTencent
ModelCap Index position#108#106
Index score40.641.3
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.15Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$1.20Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens236K—
API providers listed20
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed11 September 202527 August 2026
PublisherQwenTencent

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of google/gemma-4-E4B-it · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs ContextPilot E4B

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or ContextPilot E4B has a published result
BoardQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingContextPilot E4BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14211410–1433—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs ContextPilot E4B: common questions

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking better than ContextPilot E4B?

ContextPilot E4B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 13 September 2026: #106 against #108. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking cheaper than ContextPilot E4B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or ContextPilot E4B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or ContextPilot E4B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and ContextPilot E4B open-weight models?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Open weights. ContextPilot E4B: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and ContextPilot E4B?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and 0 for ContextPilot E4B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs ContextPilot E4B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 13 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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