qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking API — compare providers
The same model (qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking) is served by 2 providers at the same blended price — $1.35/1M whichever endpoint you pick. On quality, qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking scores 1369 on the LMArena (Chatbot Arena) — identical whichever provider serves it, so decide on latency, terms and region.
Quality and intelligence scores are attached to the model itself — identical whichever provider serves it. Verified 2026-09-04.
| Rank | Provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Blended /1M | Value (Elo/$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.15 | $1.2 | $1.35 | 1,014 | |
| 2 | Alibaba | $0.15 | $1.2 | $1.35 | 1,014 |
Value = model Elo ÷ blended price per 1M tokens. All providers charge the same here, so value per dollar is identical — pick on latency, terms and region.
Prices are per 1M tokens (USD). "Blended" = input + output, for coarse ranking. Same underlying model, 2 serving providers, identically priced across all of them. Context window: 262,144 tokens (235,929 max output) — see how it ranks in biggest context windows. See how this compares across the catalogue in same model, different price, or find the best quality per dollar in the value ranking.
Cost per 1,000 requests by workload
What each provider actually bills for a representative job, not just the sticker price.
| Provider | Chatbot 1000 in / 500 out | RAG / long context 8000 in / 500 out | Batch summarize 4000 in / 1000 out |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.75 | $1.80 | $1.80 | |
| Alibaba | $0.75 | $1.80 | $1.80 |
Estimate your own workload
Input tokens/request: Output tokens/request: Requests:
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Self-host / quantized builds
Open weights under Apache 2.0 — you can run qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking on your own hardware instead of paying per token. Quantized to int4 it needs roughly 48 GB of VRAM — a high-end consumer card or a Mac with plenty of unified memory. Formats: GGUF for llama.cpp / Ollama / LM Studio, AWQ and GPTQ for GPU serving, MLX for Apple silicon.
- GGUF builds llama.cpp · Ollama · LM Studio
- AWQ builds GPU serving (vLLM)
- GPTQ builds GPU serving
- MLX builds Apple silicon
- Ollama library one-command local run
Links search the live model hubs (Hugging Face, Ollama) so they track new builds as they appear — we don't host weights. Which formats exist depends on what the model owner and community have published.
→ See VRAM, GPU and cost vs API for qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking, or the full self-host break-even calculator.