Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
41.80
Total cost
$6874
AlibabaQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)41.89.6−77.0% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 77.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,873.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)39.48s4.37s−88.9% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 88.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.10 / $1.10
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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