Model Comparison
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructWhich is better in 2026?
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Verdict: Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct — which is better?
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, TAU-bench Airline, TAU-bench Retail), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (BFCL-v3). Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct if…
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks
Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct if…
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Aider-Polyglot, TAU-bench Airline, TAU-bench Retail), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (BFCL-v3).
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 400.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct, making it 500.0% larger.
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).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 7 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.
Jan 31, 2025
1.5 years ago
Sep 10, 2025
11 months ago
7mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
Interactive Arena
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