Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

43.0

Rank #102 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 31.1.
  • Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper at $0.50 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.743.0
Released2026-02-192025-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$12$2
Results tracked7125

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Coding14841440
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851428
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—66.7%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Math14851440
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
Omni-MATH—46.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%9.3%
LMArena Expert14851417
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
MMLU-Pro—78.6%
GPQA (HELM)—63%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14771407
LMArena Chinese15291460
LMArena French14871413
LMArena German14911417
LMArena Japanese14931395
LMArena Korean14551364
LMArena Russian14981404
LMArena Spanish14791435

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14661389
IFEval—81%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14831403
Fiction.LiveBench—55.6%
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Text14811417
LMArena Creative Writing14821334
LMArena Multi-Turn14881416
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
WildBench—80.7%
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.5 vs 42.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.

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