Magistral Medium vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads the LLM Stats Score 23.8 to 13.1.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads the overall LLM Stats Score 23.8 to 13.1, ranking #174 overall.
In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Magistral Medium
- you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem
Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
- overall performance matters — it scores 23.8 and ranks #174 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
6 reported for Magistral Medium · 23 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Magistral Medium 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.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking has 56.0B more parameters than Magistral Medium, making it 233.3% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking specifies output context (65,536 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Magistral Medium supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking does not.
Magistral Medium can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Magistral Medium
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Magistral Medium was released on 2025-06-10, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 3 months newer than Magistral Medium.
Jun 10, 2025
1.3 years ago
Sep 10, 2025
1.0 years ago
3mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Magistral Medium has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-06-01, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Magistral Medium's training data extends to 2025-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date.
Jun 2025
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Magistral Medium and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Magistral Medium vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.