Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Qwen3 Max cheaper?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $6.00 per 1M).

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

Qwen3 Max has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Qwen3 Max

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

Spec	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct	Qwen3 Max
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$1.20
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$6.00
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2025	Sep 2025

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