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DeepSeek-V3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B

DeepSeek · released

Wins 2 of 6 areas

Coding · Facts

Alibaba · released

Wins 4 of 6 areas

Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper and better at facts.

Scores updated · 37 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

DeepSeek-V3$0.24 to read · $0.90 to write$1.14Price from Artificial Analysis
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B$0.15 to read · $1.20 to write$1.35Price from Artificial Analysis

DeepSeek-V3 costs 16% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where Qwen3 Next 80B A3B pulls ahead

  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+23points aheadQwen3 Next 80B A3B63.7DeepSeek-V340.7
  • Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+21.8points aheadQwen3 Next 80B A3B68.7DeepSeek-V346.9
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+19.7points aheadQwen3 Next 80B A3B60.7DeepSeek-V341

Where DeepSeek-V3 pulls ahead

  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+10.2points aheadDeepSeek-V316.9Qwen3 Next 80B A3B6.7
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+6.5points aheadDeepSeek-V325.4Qwen3 Next 80B A3B19
  • Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+5.4points aheadDeepSeek-V315.2Qwen3 Next 80B A3B9.8

Every test, side by side

All 37 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingDeepSeek-V3

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3 Next 80B A3B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3 Next 80B A3B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsDeepSeek-V3

Full facts ranking

Long documentsQwen3 Next 80B A3B
  • AA-LCRQwen3 Next 80B A3B by 2340.763.7+23

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsQwen3 Next 80B A3B
  • IFBenchQwen3 Next 80B A3B by 19.74160.7+19.7

Full following instructions ranking

Other results23 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, DeepSeek-V3 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B wins four of the six areas where both have results: agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-V3 wins coding and facts, and costs 16% less.

Which is better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3. It wins 2 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B wins 1, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

DeepSeek-V3 costs $0.24 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B costs $0.15 and $1.20. That makes DeepSeek-V3 about 16% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 37 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 14 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 23 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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