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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vs Gemma 2 9B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins on 1/1 benchmarks
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
#75 by perf·no signal
Gemma 2 9B
#165 by perf·no signal
Best value
Gemma 2 9B
6.6x better value than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
91.4 pts/$
$0.60/M
Gemma 2 9B
600.0 pts/$
$0.06/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructGemma 2 9B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct leads by +136.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
1401.6
Gemma 2 9B
1265.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1401.6 | 1265.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.09 | $1.10 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $3.43 | |
| $0.03 | $0.09 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $0.45 |