Model Comparison

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

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

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux).

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

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

73.0B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking has 73.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, making it 1042.9% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Omni-7B
7.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
80.0Bparameters
7.0B
Qwen2.5-Omni-7B
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Omni-7B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Input65,536 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking does not.

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

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.

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B was released on 2025-03-27, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5-Omni-7B.

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B

Mar 27, 2025

1.1 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Sep 10, 2025

8 months ago

5mo 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

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B

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Supports multimodal inputs
Larger context window (65,536 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (77.2% vs 30.8%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (82.7% vs 47.0%)
Higher MMLU-Redux score (92.5% vs 71.0%)

Detailed Comparison

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Qwen2.5-Omni-7B
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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5-Omni-7B vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.

Which is better, Qwen2.5-Omni-7B or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2.5-Omni-7B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking 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-Omni-7B compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking in benchmarks?

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B scores DocVQA: 95.2%, VocalSound: 93.9%, GSM8k: 88.7%, GiantSteps Tempo: 88.0%, ChartQA: 85.3%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking scores MMLU-Redux: 92.5%, IFEval: 88.9%, AIME 2025: 87.8%, WritingBench: 84.6%, MMLU-Pro: 82.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen2.5-Omni-7B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

Qwen2.5-Omni-7B supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking supports 66K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Qwen2.5-Omni-7B and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking?

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