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Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on 7/7 benchmarks
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins 7 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bmath·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bknowledge·Qwen3.5 397B A17Blanguage·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bcoding·Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#3 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#32 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
2.4x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
140.4 pts/$
$0.44/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +78.8
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1447.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.0
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +3.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
92.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +11.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
77.0
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +14.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
13.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +2.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
91.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +16.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
83.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
66.3
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +5.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
87.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1447.7 | 1369.0 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 92.3 | 89.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 88.4 | 77.0 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 27.5 | 13.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 91.5 | 89.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 83.0 | 66.3 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 87.6 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.10 | $0.78 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $2.68 |
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