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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.09 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$1.10 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 92% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.09 (Cheapest)
Parasail $0.10
Chutes $0.10
SiliconFlow $0.14
AtlasCloud $0.15

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.420.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.515.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.766.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.881.9
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.873.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.768.4
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
262,144
tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructWinner
Tokens/second124.2 tok/s157.9 tok/s
Time to First Token31.66s1.13s
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct responds 27% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleQwen
ReleasedNov 2025Sep 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.09/M tokens. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $1.10/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's score of 15.3.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has a 262,144 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct does not support vision.