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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is the foundation model in the Qwen3-Next series, featuring revolutionary architectural innovations for ultimate training and inference efficiency.

Updated Aug 12, 2026. Default version: Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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LLMBoard score36.6Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Coverage80%24 benchmark families
Context window131.1KTokens
Official input price$0.50Alibaba API

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Specifications

Technical details for the model's default version.

Version
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Released
Sep 10, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Apr 1, 2025
Parameters
80B
Context window
131.1K
Max output
32.8K
Inputs
text
Outputs
text
Open weights
Yes
License
Apache 2.0

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Capability Profile

This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct category scores

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Benchmark Results

Benchmark scores for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

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Arena-Hard v20.821693.3%CAug 11, 2026
MultiPL-E0.921391.7%CAug 11, 2026
WritingBench0.921592.9%CAug 11, 2026
LiveBench 202411250.841476.9%CAug 11, 2026
Creative Writing v30.981341.7%CAug 11, 2026
Multi-IF0.882063.2%CAug 11, 2026
BFCL-v30.7101950.0%CAug 11, 2026
Include0.8133160.0%CAug 11, 2026
Aider-Polyglot0.5162228.6%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-ProX0.8163251.6%CAug 11, 2026
PolyMATH0.5162331.8%CAug 11, 2026
TAU-bench Airline0.4182322.7%CAug 11, 2026
SuperGPQA0.6193445.5%CAug 11, 2026
TAU-bench Retail0.6192525.0%CAug 11, 2026
HMMT250.5212516.7%CAug 11, 2026
Tau2 Airline0.522234.5%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-Redux0.9234853.2%CAug 11, 2026
Tau2 Retail0.625264.0%CAug 11, 2026
IFEval0.9316553.1%CAug 11, 2026
Tau2 Telecom0.135350.0%CAug 11, 2026
LiveCodeBench v60.6395326.9%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-Pro0.85212960.2%CAug 11, 2026
AIME 20250.79011421.2%CAug 11, 2026
GPQA0.712123448.5%CAug 11, 2026

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Arena Results

Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.

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textoverall1011418.523,006N/AAug 10, 2026
text factualityoverall1121418.47,700N/AAug 10, 2026
text style controloverall1371400.823,006N/AAug 10, 2026

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Pricing

Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.

Official API
$0.50 input, $2 output per 1M
Official provider
Alibaba
Lowest third-party
From $0.09 input, $1.1 output per 1M via OpenRouter
Tracked offerings
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Nvidiaqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobalN/AN/A262.1KAug 11, 2026
OpenRouterqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.09$1.1262.1KAug 11, 2026
Deep InfraQwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instructglobal$0.09$1.1262.1KAug 11, 2026
Kilo Gatewayqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.0975$0.78262.1KAug 11, 2026
Charm Hyperqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.1175$1.14262.1KAug 11, 2026
Heliconeqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.14$1.4262KAug 11, 2026
Merge Gatewayqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.144$0.574131.1KAug 11, 2026
Alibaba (China)qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.144$0.574131.1KAug 11, 2026
NanoGPTqwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instructglobal$0.15$0.65256KAug 11, 2026
LLM Gatewayqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.15$1.2131.1KAug 11, 2026
Neonqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.15$1.2131.1KAug 11, 2026
Vercel AI Gatewayalibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.15$1.2131.1KAug 11, 2026
NovitaAIqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.15$1.5131.1KAug 11, 2026
Jiekou.AIqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.15$1.565.5KAug 11, 2026
Hugging FaceQwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instructglobal$0.25$1262.1KAug 11, 2026
Alibabaqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instructglobal$0.50$2131.1KAug 11, 2026

Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Versions

Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.

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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-BaseSep 10, 2025N/A80BN/AN/ANoApache 2.0
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructSep 10, 202536.680B131.1K32.8KYesApache 2.0

What is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B?

Key information about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B and its available data.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is the foundation model in the Qwen3-Next series, featuring revolutionary architectural innovations for ultimate training and inference efficiency. 7% activation ratio), and native Multi-Token Prediction for faster inference.

With 80B total parameters and only ~3B activated per inference step, it achieves performance comparable to Qwen3-32B while using less than 10% training cost and delivering 10x+ throughput for 32K+ contexts.

Trained on 15T tokens with training-stability-friendly designs including Zero-Centered RMSNorm and normalized MoE router parameters. Supports 256K context length, extensible to 1M tokens with YaRN scaling.

Data as of 2026-08-11.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B vs nearby models

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B.

When was Qwen3 Next 80B A3B released?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B's default version was released on Sep 10, 2025.

How much does Qwen3 Next 80B A3B cost?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B's official API price is $0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens via Alibaba. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.09 input and $1.1 output via OpenRouter.

Who created Qwen3 Next 80B A3B?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B was created by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

What is the context window for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B?

The default version has a 131.1K token context window.

Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B open weight?

Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Apache 2.0.

How many API providers offer Qwen3 Next 80B A3B?

17 provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Qwen3 Next 80B A3B with?

Nearby ranked alternatives include Kimi K2, MiniMax M1 80K, LongCat Flash Chat.

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