Grok Code Fast 1 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct Comparison

Comparing Grok Code Fast 1 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

Grok Code Fast 1 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, Grok Code Fast 1 ($0.20/1M tokens) is 1.3x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Grok Code Fast 1 ($1.50/1M tokens) costs the same as Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Grok Code Fast 1 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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Grok Code Fast 1

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerxAI

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

Grok Code Fast 1 accepts 256,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's 65,536 tokens. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Grok Code Fast 1 is limited to 10,000 tokens.

Grok Code Fast 1

Input256,000 tokens

Output10,000 tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok Code Fast 1 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.

Grok Code Fast 1

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok Code Fast 1 was released on 2025-08-28, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 0 month newer than Grok Code Fast 1.

Grok Code Fast 1

Aug 28, 2025

6 months ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

6 months ago

1w 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

Grok Code Fast 1 is available from xAI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.