Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or QwQ 32B cheaper?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.57 vs $0.86 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or QwQ 32B?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs QwQ 32B

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or QwQ 32B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct	QwQ 32B
Provider	Alibaba (China)	Alibaba (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.29
Output / 1M tokens	$0.57	$0.86
Context window	131K	131K
Parameters	—	33B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Dec 2024

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct details →QwQ 32B details →

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