Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Comparing Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3.8 Flash 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 Qwen3.8 Flash 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 need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
Choose Qwen3.8 Flash
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
0 reported for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base · 22 for Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base and Qwen3.8 Flashdon'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
Qwen3.8 Flash has 45.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base, making it 56.3% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies output context (131,072 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen3.8 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base does not.
Qwen3.8 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Qwen3.8 Flash
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen3.8 Flash uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10, while Qwen3.8 Flash was released on 2026-08-26.
Qwen3.8 Flash is 12 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.
Sep 10, 2025
11 months ago
Aug 26, 2026
5 days ago
11mo 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 Qwen3.8 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base vs Qwen3.8 Flash.