Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Alibaba · Released Sep 2025
A reasoning-focused chat model from Alibaba's Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured thinking traces for multi-step problem solving.
- Strengths
- Excels at complex reasoning tasks including mathematical proofs, code synthesis and debugging, logical problems, and multi-step agentic workflows through explicit chain-of-thought outputs.
- Best for
- Workloads requiring detailed reasoning steps, such as mathematical problem-solving, code generation with explanations, logical inference, and autonomous agent tasks.
- Limitations
- The explicit thinking traces add latency and token consumption compared to direct-response models, making it less suitable for simple queries or latency-sensitive applications.
Input / 1M
$0.0975
Output / 1M
$0.78
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
131K
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.0975 | $0.78 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |