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Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Mistral Large 2

  • you want predictable pricing at $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$6.00 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Individual benchmarks

5 reported for Mistral Large 2 · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

43.0B diff

Mistral Large 2 has 43.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 53.8% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
123.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
80.0Bparameters
123.0B
Mistral Large 2
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Large 2 is licensed under Mistral Research License, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base uses Apache 2.0.

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

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 14 months newer than Mistral Large 2.

Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

2.1 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

11 months ago

1.1yr 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Large 2
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Which is better, Mistral Large 2 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 2 (Mistral AI) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base (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.

How does Mistral Large 2 compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base in benchmarks?

Mistral Large 2 scores GSM8k: 93.0%, HumanEval: 92.0%, MT-Bench: 86.3%, MMLU: 84.0%, MMLU French: 82.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 2 supports 128K tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Key differences include licensing (Mistral Research License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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