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Start with Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.

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Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Live dataset updated 9/22/2026, 10:37:09 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Field
ModelCap position#164#88
Index score33.655.4
EvidenceMeasured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boardsMeasured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Input / 1M$0.12$0.09
Output / 1M$0.50$1.10
Pricing statusfreshfresh
Context131K262K
Providers25
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights

Decision facts

  • Qwen3 30B A3B is #164; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is #88 on the same current language board.
  • Index scores are 33.6 for Qwen3 30B A3B and 55.4 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
  • Both positions use Measured evidence.
  • Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.50 for Qwen3 30B A3B and $1.10 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.49 for Qwen3 30B A3B versus $0.73 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. Qwen3 30B A3B costs 32.9% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
  • Published context is 131,072 tokens for Qwen3 30B A3B and 262,144 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct.
  • ModelCap currently lists 2 providers for Qwen3 30B A3B and 5 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct.

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