Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or Kimi K2.6 cheaper?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $4.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) vs Kimi K2.6

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens, while Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or Kimi K2.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)	Kimi K2.6
Provider	Merge Gateway	Merge Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.95
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$4.00
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Apr 2026

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) details →Kimi K2.6 details →

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