Pixtral Large vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Comparing Pixtral Large and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Pixtral Large 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 Pixtral Large
- 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.
Individual benchmarks
7 reported for Pixtral Large · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Pixtral Large 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
Pixtral Large has 44.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 55.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Pixtral Large specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral Large specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Pixtral Large supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.
Pixtral Large can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Pixtral Large
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
License
Usage and distribution terms
Pixtral Large is licensed under Mistral Research License (MRL) for research; Mistral Commercial License for commercial use, 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 Research License (MRL) for research; Mistral Commercial License for commercial use
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Pixtral Large was released on 2024-11-18, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 10 months newer than Pixtral Large.
Nov 18, 2024
1.8 years ago
Sep 10, 2025
1.0 years ago
9mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Pixtral Large and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Pixtral Large vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.