Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #157 of 557 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.090 input and $1.10 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct pairs a 262K context with strong math and instruction following at $0.09/1M input, though coding and agentic benchmarks are limited for complex workflows.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is an instruction-tuned chat model in the Qwen3-Next series optimized for fast, stable responses without āthinkingā traces. It targets complex tasks across reasoning, code generation, knowledge QA, and multilingual..
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | September 11, 2025 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 16,384 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.09 | $0.000090 |
| Output | $1.10 | $0.001100 |
Live Performance
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