Model Comparison

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers

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Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Input tokens$0.00

Output tokens$0.00

Best providerUnknown Organization

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerNovita

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

595.0B diff

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) has 595.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct, making it 743.8% larger.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

675.0Bparameters

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

80.0Bparameters

675.0B

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

80.0B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct does not.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) is 3 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Dec 4, 2025

4 months ago

2mo newer

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

7 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

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Mistral AI

Supports multimodal inputs

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (65,536 tokens)

Higher GPQA score (72.9% vs 43.9%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature	Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)	Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) is made by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) scores MMMLU: 85.5%, AMC_2022_23: 52.0%, GPQA: 43.9%, LiveCodeBench: 34.4%, SimpleQA: 23.8%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Performance Benchmarks

Arena Performance

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input Capabilities

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Outputs Comparison

Key Takeaways

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

How does Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in benchmarks?

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

What are the main differences between Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

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