Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct or Seed 1.6 Flash cheaper?

Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper on output tokens ($0.41 vs $1.56 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct or Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vs Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper on output tokens, while Seed 1.6 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct or Seed 1.6 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct	Seed 1.6 Flash
Provider	AI/ML API	AI/ML API
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$1.56	$0.41
Context window	129K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2025	Aug 2025

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