Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is developed by Qwen. It was released in September 2025. On our leaderboard it earns Specialist-tier status, ranking #136 of 571 models in our overall business-suitability ranking. For raw reasoning ability it ranks #129 of 374, putting it in the upper half for overall intelligence.
On coding it ranks #144 of 311, a reasonable fit for everyday development support. It also ranks #151 of 286 for agentic, multi-step tasks ā the autonomous, tool-driven workflows that underpin business automation. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list, suiting long documents, large codebases, and retrieval-heavy workloads. Crucially for business adoption, Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking combines tool use, function calling, and step-by-step reasoning in a single model, letting teams consolidate several use cases instead of stitching together multiple services.
At $0.098 input and $0.780 output per 1M tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is aggressively priced for high-volume use which makes it easy to justify for cost-sensitive, high-throughput deployments. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is best deployed where its particular strengths line up with the task, rather than as a general-purpose frontier model.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking delivers strong math and livecodebench scores with a 262K context window at low cost, but agentic and coding indices are limited; a -4 point regional penalty applies given provider adoption profile.
Assessed May 31, 2026
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking compares
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ranks #129 of 374 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #144 of 311 for coding, #151 of 286 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list. At $0.10 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 66% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured āthinkingā traces by default. Itās designed for hard multi-step problems; math proofs, code synthesis/debugging, logic, and agentic..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | September 11, 2025 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000098 |
| Output | $0.78 | $0.000780 |
Live Performance
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
How much does Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking cost?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ranks #144 of 311 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking do?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is developed by Qwen and was released on September 11, 2025.
