Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Sep 2025Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)
Efficient Qwen thinking model for local reasoning, math, and coding agents.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.50per 1M tokens
- Output
- $6.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K33K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.50per million tokens
- Output
- $6.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $1.88pricier than 68% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $4.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $42.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $425.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) yet.
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Sep 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinkingon Alibaba- Availability
- 10 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)
How much does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) cost?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) costs $0.50 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.88 per million tokens, more expensive than 68% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) yet.
Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) support?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) on Sep 2025. Its training data runs to Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Apertus 70B (Swiss AI, $0.82 / $2.42), Palmyra X5 (Writer, $0.60 / $6.00), GPT-5-Codex (OpenAI, $1.25 / $10.00) and GLM-5-Turbo (Z.ai (Zhipu), $1.20 / $4.00).