GPT-5 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct Comparison

Comparing GPT-5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

GPT-5 outperforms in 6 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, AIME 2025, GPQA, Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

GPT-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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

For input processing, GPT-5 ($1.25/1M tokens) is 8.3x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, GPT-5 ($10.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, GPT-5 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

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GPT-5

Input tokens$1.25

Output tokens$10.00

Best providerOpenAI

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

GPT-5 accepts 400,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's 65,536 tokens. GPT-5 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is limited to 65,536 tokens.

GPT-5

Input400,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

GPT-5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct does not.

GPT-5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT-5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-5 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.

GPT-5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-5 was released on 2025-08-07, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 1 month newer than GPT-5.

GPT-5

Aug 7, 2025

7 months ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

6 months ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-30, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-5's training data extends to 2024-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's cutoff date.

GPT-5

Sep 2024

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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Provider Availability

GPT-5 is available from OpenAI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.