Devstral 2 is a state-of-the-art open-source model by Mistral AI specializing in agentic coding. It is a 123B-parameter dense transformer model supporting a 256K context window. Devstral 2 supports exploring codebases and orchestrating cha…
Model details →Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is an instruction-tuned chat model in the Qwen3-Next series optimized for fast, stable responses without “thinking” traces. It targets complex tasks across reasoning, code generation, knowledge QA, and multilingu…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $0.09 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $1.10 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 better than Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?
Input: $0.40 vs $0.09 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.00 vs $1.10 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct support?
Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct support tool calling?
Mistral: Devstral 2 2512: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: yes.