Model Comparison

Devstral Medium vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Comparing Devstral Medium and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Devstral Medium and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct costs less

For input processing, Devstral Medium ($0.40/1M tokens) is 2.7x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Devstral Medium ($2.00/1M tokens) is 1.3x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Devstral Medium is more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
Thu Apr 16 2026 • llm-stats.com
Mistral AI
Devstral Medium
Input tokens$0.40
Output tokens$2.00
Best providerMistral
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$1.50
Best providerNovita
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Devstral Medium accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's 65,536 tokens. Devstral Medium can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is limited to 65,536 tokens.

Mistral AI
Devstral Medium
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input65,536 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Thu Apr 16 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Devstral Medium is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Devstral Medium

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Devstral Medium was released on 2025-07-10, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 2 months newer than Devstral Medium.

Devstral Medium

Jul 10, 2025

9 months ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

7 months ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Devstral Medium is available from Mistral AI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is available from Novita.

Devstral Medium

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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $2.00/1M

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.15/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.50/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral AI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Mistral AI
Devstral Medium
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Devstral Medium vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Devstral Medium (Mistral AI) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Devstral Medium scores SWE-Bench Verified: 61.6%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 2.7x cheaper for input tokens. Devstral Medium costs $0.40/M input and $2.00/M output via mistral. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct costs $0.15/M input and $1.50/M output via novita.
Devstral Medium supports 128K tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (128K vs 66K), input pricing ($0.40 vs $0.15/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Devstral Medium is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.