Best cost/speed trade-off
Alibaba Cloud Int.
alibaba$0.325 / 1M tokens
3.55 s estimated response
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking provider comparison
qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured “thinking” traces by default. It’s designed for hard multi-step problems; math proofs, code synthesis/debugging, logic, and agentic...
- Endpoints:
- 2
- Context:
- 262.1K
- Input:
- text
- Output:
- text
At a glance
Comparison winners
Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.
Cheapest
Alibaba Cloud Int.
alibaba$0.325 / 1M tokens
$0.0004875 for the sample request
Fastest
Alibaba Cloud Int.
alibaba3.55 s estimated response
$0.325 / 1M tokens
Visual comparison
Price and performance charts
Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.
USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.
Alibaba Cloud Int. has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.0004875.
Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.
2 providers have complete pricing and speed data. Alibaba Cloud Int. is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.
Server-rendered comparison
Provider endpoints
Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.
Rank providers by
| Provider / route | Current pricing ↗ | Speed measurements | Endpoint details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider / route | Current pricing
| Speed measurements
| Endpoint details
10 parametersinclude_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, response_format, seed, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p |
Provider / route Google Vertex google-vertex/global | Current pricing
| Speed measurements
| Endpoint details
17 parametersfrequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p |
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking deployment guide
How to choose a Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking inference provider
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is indexed here as a text model by Qwen, with 2 provider endpoints from Alibaba Cloud Int., Google Vertex. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.
Match the endpoint to the workload
The model publishes a 262.1K-token context window. It accepts text input and returns text output. 17 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.
Compare the real request economics
Alibaba Cloud Int. currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.0004875. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.
Balance response start and generation speed
Alibaba Cloud Int. currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 3.55 seconds. Alibaba Cloud Int. is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.