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Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

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Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is a large language model from Qwen. It costs $0.150 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. Its context window is 262K tokens.

ReasoningTool callingStructured outputOpen weights
Input / 1M tokens
$0.150
Output / 1M tokens
$1.20
Cached input / 1M
-

Not supported

Context window
262K

tokens

Who serves it cheapest

2 hosts serve Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.

Providers serving Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, cheapest first
ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MContextThroughputUptime 24h
GoogleCheapest$0.150$1.20262K-100.0%
Alibaba$0.150$1.20131K-100.0%

The spread between Google and Alibaba is about the same for identical weights. Quantization and context limits differ, so check both columns before switching.

Benchmarks

Independent scores published alongside the catalogue.

Coding index
17.4

About Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured “thinking” traces by default. It’s designed for hard multi-step problems; math proofs, code synthesis/debugging, logic, and agentic...

Specifications

Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking specifications
Model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
ProviderQwen
Context window262K tokens
Max output236K tokens
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Knowledge cutoff2025-09-30
Open weightsYes - Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2025

Cheaper alternatives

Models that cost less than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking while keeping at least half its context window and every input modality it supports.

Frequently asked

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking cost?

$0.150 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

262K tokens, with up to 236K tokens of output per request.

Which provider serves Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking cheapest?

Google at $0.150 per million input tokens - about the same cheaper than Alibaba, the most expensive of the 2 hosts serving it.

Confirm against the source: Qwen official pricing.