DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) 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.

DeepSeekDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Off the frontier
Intelligence
8.50
Total cost
$25.4
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.

MetricDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.59.6+12.9% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 12.9% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$25.37Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.78s4.37s−68.3% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 68.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.32 / $0.89$0.10 / $1.10
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