Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) 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 Sonnet 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
28.10
Total cost
$1218
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 Sonnet 5 (Medium)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)28.19.6−65.8% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 65.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,218.17Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)9.02s5.18s−42.6% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 42.6% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.10 / $1.10
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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