Model Comparison

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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

4 benchmarks

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux, MultiPL-E).

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

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

65.3B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct has 65.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct, making it 444.2% larger.

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

14.7Bparameters

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

80.0Bparameters

14.7B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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).

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.7 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

8 months ago

11mo 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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Key Takeaways

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

No standout differentiators in the data we have for this pair.

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 45.5%)

Higher MMLU-Pro score (80.6% vs 63.7%)

Higher MMLU-Redux score (90.9% vs 80.0%)

Higher MultiPL-E score (87.8% vs 72.8%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature	Qwen2.5 14B Instruct	Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5 14B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Which is better, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team 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.

How does Qwen2.5 14B Instruct compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores GSM8k: 94.8%, HumanEval: 83.5%, MBPP: 82.0%, MATH: 80.0%, MMLU-Redux: 80.0%. 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%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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.