Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking vs Qwen3.5-2B Comparison
Comparing Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking and Qwen3.5-2B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking outperforms in 8 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval, Include, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-ProX, MMLU-Redux, PolyMATH, SuperGPQA), while Qwen3.5-2B is better at 0 benchmarks.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking has 78.0B more parameters than Qwen3.5-2B, making it 3900.0% larger.
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).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-2B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking does not.
Qwen3.5-2B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Qwen3.5-2B
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-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10, while Qwen3.5-2B was released on 2026-03-02.
Qwen3.5-2B is 6 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.
Sep 10, 2025
6 months ago
Mar 2, 2026
2 weeks ago
5mo 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-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
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Qwen3.5-2B
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Detailed Comparison
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