Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking API

alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
Alibaba's Qwen 3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is a multilingual reasoning model with advanced chain-of-thought capabilities.
Context
127K tokens
Input
$0.195 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.56 / 1M tokens
Released
Sep 30, 2025

How to use Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.195 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.56 / 1M tokens

This model is thinking-mode only, with pricing listed separately for input and thinking output tokens, and Alibaba Cloud notes the displayed prices are original API-call pricing excluding limited-time promotions.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
11.2
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Coding
17.4
Composite score across standardised coding evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Math
84.3
Composite score across standardised mathematics evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
AIME 2025
87.8
Competition mathematics (AIME), 2025SourceSeptember 22, 2026

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
$0.195 / 1M tokens
$1.56 / 1M tokens
127K tokens
Agentic workflows and structured output
$0.845 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
127K tokens
Coding + agents
$0.91 / 1M tokens
$3.64 / 1M tokens
126K tokens
Coding + agents
$0.91 / 1M tokens
$10.92 / 1M tokens
126K tokens
Coding + agents

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has a 126,976 tokens context window and can return up to 81,920 tokens.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking takes text as input and returns text.

Use alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking became available on September 30, 2025.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is priced at input $0.195 / 1M tokens, output $1.56 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking can stream responses as they are generated.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking was built by Alibaba Cloud.

It is designed as a multilingual reasoning model with chain-of-thought capabilities, suited for complex reasoning tasks.

Yes, it supports tool use, including parallel tool calls and structured output.

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