Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or kimi/kimi-k2.5 cheaper?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens ($1.43 vs $3.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or kimi/kimi-k2.5?

kimi/kimi-k2.5 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) vs kimi/kimi-k2.5

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens, while kimi/kimi-k2.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or kimi/kimi-k2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)	kimi/kimi-k2.5
Provider	Alibaba (China)	Alibaba (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$1.43	$3.00
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Jan 2026

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) details →kimi/kimi-k2.5 details →

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