Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Comparing Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking 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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
Choose Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
0 reported for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base · 67 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinkingdon'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
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking has 156.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 195.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
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-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking was released on 2025-09-22.
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is 0 month newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.
Sep 10, 2025
1.0 years ago
Sep 22, 2025
12 months ago
1w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.