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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is the thinking variant of the Qwen3-Next series, featuring the same groundbreaking architecture as the instruct model.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Benchmark scores for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.
Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkCFEval | Score2,071 points | Rank02 | Participants2 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveBench 20241125 | Score76.6% | Rank03 | Participants14 | Percentile84.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBFCL-v3 | Score72.0% | Rank05 | Participants19 | Percentile77.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMulti-IF | Score77.8% | Rank06 | Participants23 | Percentile77.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOJBench | Score29.7% | Rank07 | Participants9 | Percentile25.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkWritingBench | Score84.6% | Rank09 | Participants15 | Percentile42.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkArena-Hard v2 | Score62.3% | Rank10 | Participants16 | Percentile40.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkPolyMATH | Score56.3% | Rank10 | Participants23 | Percentile59.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTAU-bench Retail | Score69.6% | Rank11 | Participants25 | Percentile58.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Airline | Score60.5% | Rank12 | Participants23 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-ProX | Score78.7% | Rank13 | Participants32 | Percentile61.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkInclude | Score78.9% | Rank14 | Participants31 | Percentile56.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTAU-bench Airline | Score49.0% | Rank15 | Participants23 | Percentile36.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHMMT25 | Score73.9% | Rank16 | Participants25 | Percentile37.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSuperGPQA | Score60.8% | Rank16 | Participants34 | Percentile54.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Redux | Score92.5% | Rank18 | Participants48 | Percentile63.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Retail | Score67.8% | Rank22 | Participants26 | Percentile16.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFEval | Score88.9% | Rank23 | Participants67 | Percentile66.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Telecom | Score43.9% | Rank32 | Participants35 | Percentile8.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench v6 | Score68.7% | Rank35 | Participants56 | Percentile38.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score82.7% | Rank35 | Participants134 | Percentile74.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2025 | Score87.8% | Rank53 | Participants115 | Percentile54.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score77.2% | Rank103 | Participants239 | Percentile57.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
Arena | Category | Rank | Rating / score | Votes | Observations | Result date |
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| Arenatext | Categoryoverall | Rank162 | Rating / score1367.5 | Votes13,759 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext style control | Categoryoverall | Rank175 | Rating / score1369.1 | Votes13,759 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderAlibaba (China) | Provider model IDqwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.144 | Output / 1M$1.43 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderCortecs | Provider model IDqwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.149 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context128K | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$0.65 | Context256K | Updated |
| ProviderJiekou.AI | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.5 | Context65.5K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNebius Token Factory | Provider model IDQwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context128K | Updated |
| ProviderMerge Gateway | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDalibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderNovitaAI | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.5 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderLLM Gateway | Provider model IDqwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDqwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.15 | Output / 1M$1.2 | Context131.1K | Updated |
| ProviderHugging Face | Provider model IDQwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.30 | Output / 1M$2 | Context262.1K | Updated |
| ProviderAlibaba | Provider model IDqwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.50 | Output / 1M$6 | Context131.1K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Technical details for the model's default version.
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionQwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking | Released | LLMBoard40.4 | Parameters80B | Context131.1K | Max output32.8K | Open weightsYes | LicenseApache 2.0 |
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Key information about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and its available data.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is the thinking variant of the Qwen3-Next series, featuring the same groundbreaking architecture as the instruct model. Leveraging GSPO, it addresses stability and efficiency challenges of hybrid attention + high-sparsity MoE in RL training.
It uses Hybrid Attention combining Gated DeltaNet and Gated Attention for efficient ultra-long context modeling, High-Sparsity MoE with 512 experts (10 activated + 1 shared), and Multi-Token Prediction. 5-Flash-Thinking across multiple benchmarks.
Architecture: 48 layers, 15T training tokens, hybrid layout of 12*(3*(Gated DeltaNet->MoE)->(Gated Attention->MoE)). Supports only thinking mode with automatic <think> tag inclusion, may generate longer thinking content.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
Common questions about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's default version was released on Sep 10, 2025.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's official API price is $0.50 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens via Alibaba. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.149 input and $1.2 output via Cortecs.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking was created by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.
The default version has a 131.1K token context window.
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Apache 2.0.
15 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
Nearby ranked alternatives include Laguna XS 2.1, Qwen3.5 9B, Grok 4.3.