Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)
openrouter The API that serves this model and sets the prices shown here. qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking The model identifier to send in API requests. LLM Generates text from a prompt, so it can be compared with other LLMs on price and capability.Provider: alibaba · served via OpenRouter
Knowledge cutoff: April 2025
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Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by OpenRouter, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$0.15
$1.20
262,144 tokens
32,768
tokens per response (includes reasoning tokens)
Open weights (permissive license)
Apache-2.0
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| Effective | Price |
|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2026 – present | Input cost: $0.15 / 1M, Output cost: $1.20 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr |
History
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| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2026 | Unknown | Initial record created |
Source
https://models.dev/api.json (models.dev provider 'openrouter', bulk import 2026-08-13)Comparable models
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Frequently asked questions
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) (alibaba via OpenRouter) costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens, as last published by OpenRouter.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) has a context window of 262,144 tokens (the maximum combined input and output it can handle in a single request).
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response. Reasoning (thinking) tokens count toward this limit.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)'s training data runs through April 2025, so it may not know about later events. Coolhand records the cutoff at month precision, since providers often publish only the month.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) accepts text as input and produces text as output, as recorded in the Coolhand catalog.
Yes — the weights of Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) can be downloaded under the Apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms for any limits on commercial use.
No, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is currently active with no announced deprecation date.
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Coolhand also tracks Qwen3.6 Plus Free, Qwen3 235B A22B 2507, Qwen3 32B (dense), Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, Qwen3.5 Plus, and Qwen3.6 Plus from alibaba. Some may already be deprecated, so check each model's status alongside its current pricing.
| Model | Input cost | Output cost | Context window | Max output tokens | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 Plus Free via OpenCode | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | $0.00/1M $0.0000000000 | 262,144 | 65,536 |
Deprecated Aug 12, 2026
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| Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 via Bedrock | $0.22/1M $0.0000002200 | $0.88/1M $0.0000008800 | 262,144 | 131,072 | Active |
| Qwen3 32B (dense) via Bedrock | $0.15/1M $0.0000001500 | $0.60/1M $0.0000006000 | 32,768 | 16,384 | Active |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct via Bedrock | $0.15/1M $0.0000001500 | $0.60/1M $0.0000006000 | 262,144 | 131,072 | Active |
| Qwen3.5 Plus via OpenCode | $0.20/1M $0.0000002000 | $1.20/1M $0.0000012000 | 262,144 | 65,536 | Active |
| Qwen3.6 Plus via OpenCode | $0.50/1M $0.0000005000 | $3.00/1M $0.0000030000 | 262,144 | 65,536 | Active |
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