Claude Opus 5 (High) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Claude Opus 5 (High) 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 5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
48.10
Total cost
$4332
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 5 (High)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)48.19.6−80.0% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 80.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$4,331.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)26.50s4.46s−83.2% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 83.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.10 / $1.10
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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