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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs HiLS Attention 7B

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (Qwen) and HiLS Attention 7B (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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#68 vs #71).

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #68 against #71 (37.5 vs 36.7 points).
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 0.

Choose HiLS Attention 7B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — HiLS Attention 7B was listed 9 July 2026, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 11 September 2025.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs HiLS Attention 7B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and HiLS Attention 7B
FieldQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwenHiLS Attention 7BTencent
ModelCap Index position#68#71
Index score37.536.7
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.15Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$1.20Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens33K—
API providers listed30
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed11 September 20259 July 2026
PublisherQwenTencent

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs HiLS Attention 7B

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or HiLS Attention 7B has a published result
BoardQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingHiLS Attention 7BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14211409–1432—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 HiLS Attention 7B: common questions

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking better than HiLS Attention 7B?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #68 against #71. 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.

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking cheaper than HiLS Attention 7B?

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 HiLS Attention 7B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or HiLS Attention 7B?

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 HiLS Attention 7B open-weight models?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Open weights. HiLS Attention 7B: Open weights. 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 HiLS Attention 7B?

ModelCap currently lists 3 API providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and 0 for HiLS Attention 7B, 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 HiLS Attention 7B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 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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