# Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

> Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on Sept 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.09 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens (DeepInfra), across 7 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** Sept 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct)
- **License:** apache-2.0 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct)
- **Parameters:** 81.3B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct)
- **Context window:** 131K (131,072 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Max output:** 33K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Apr 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.toml)
- **Hugging Face:** Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.09 | $1.10 | – | 262K |
| OpenRouter | $0.10 | $1.10 | $0.07 | 262K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.15 | $1.20 | – | 262K |
| Novita AI | $0.15 | $1.50 | – | 131K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.15 | $1.20 | – | 262K |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.25 | $1 | – | 262K |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | $0.50 | $2 | – | 131K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct API cost?

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.09 input / $1.10 output through DeepInfra. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct open source?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on Sept 2025, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

We track Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on 7 providers: DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Amazon Bedrock, Novita AI, Vercel AI Gateway, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.

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