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Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Mistral Large 4 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 4 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 4

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Large 4
Mistral AI
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.68 / M
— / M
Output price
$2.09 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

18 reported for Mistral Large 4 · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Large 4 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

970.0B diff

Mistral Large 4 has 970.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 1212.5% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 4
1.1Tparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
80.0Bparameters
1050.0B
Mistral Large 4
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 4 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 4
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Large 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.

Mistral Large 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Large 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Large 4 is licensed under a proprietary 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 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 4 was released on 2026-10-06, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Mistral Large 4 is 13 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Mistral Large 4

Oct 6, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.1yr newer
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

1.1 years ago

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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Large 4
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Which is better, Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 4 (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 4 compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base in benchmarks?

Mistral Large 4 scores B3 AI Security Benchmark: 93.3%, CyBench: 93.0%, SciCode: 91.8%, KORABench: 84.5%, CyberGym: 82.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 4 supports 1.0M 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 4 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Mistral Large 4 is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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