Model Comparison

Qwen2 7B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Qwen2 7B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro, MultiPL-E).

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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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$1.50
Best providerNovita
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

72.4B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct has 72.4B more parameters than Qwen2 7B Instruct, making it 949.9% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
80.0Bparameters
7.6B
Qwen2 7B 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).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
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 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2 7B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 14 months newer than Qwen2 7B Instruct.

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.8 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

7 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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Key Takeaways

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Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Larger context window (65,536 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (72.9% vs 25.3%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (80.6% vs 44.1%)
Higher MultiPL-E score (87.8% vs 59.1%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2 7B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2 7B 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.
Qwen2 7B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 84.1%, GSM8k: 82.3%, HumanEval: 79.9%, C-Eval: 77.2%, AlignBench: 72.1%. 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%.
Qwen2 7B 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.