GPT-5 nano vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking Comparison
Comparing GPT-5 nano and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
GPT-5 nano outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA).
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, GPT-5 nano ($0.05/1M tokens) is 3.0x cheaper than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking ($0.15/1M tokens).
For output processing, GPT-5 nano ($0.40/1M tokens) is 3.8x cheaper than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking ($1.50/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is more expensive than GPT-5 nano.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
GPT-5 nano accepts 400,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's 65,536 tokens. GPT-5 nano can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is limited to 65,536 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
GPT-5 nano supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking does not.
GPT-5 nano can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
GPT-5 nano
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-5 nano is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-5 nano was released on 2025-08-07, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 1 month newer than GPT-5 nano.
Aug 7, 2025
7 months ago
Sep 10, 2025
6 months ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-5 nano has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-30, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-5 nano's training data extends to 2024-05-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date.
May 2024
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Provider Availability
GPT-5 nano is available from OpenAI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
GPT-5 nano
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
GPT-5 nano
View detailsOpenAI
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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