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Qwen3 Max vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

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Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · Qwen3 Max · Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
Qwen3 Max
#161 by perf·#2 by attention
OVERHYPED
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
#83 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
4.8x better value than Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max
19.1 pts/$
$2.34/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
91.4 pts/$
$0.60/M
Vendor risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Max$0.78$3.90262K tokens (~131 books)$15.60
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct$0.09$1.10262K tokens (~131 books)$3.43
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