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Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct 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 Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

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.

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
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Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct · 0 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

No common benchmarks found

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct 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

71.7B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base has 71.7B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct, making it 865.0% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
8.3Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
80.0Bparameters
8.3B
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
80.0B
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.

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

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

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 VL 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 8 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct.

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.6 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

12 months ago

7mo 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Which is better, Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) 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 Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base in benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct scores DocVQA: 95.7%, Android Control Low_EM: 91.4%, MobileMiniWob++_SR: 91.4%, ChartQA: 87.3%, OCRBench: 86.4%.

What are the main differences between Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

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

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