Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
About Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a next-generation foundation model from Alibaba's Qwen team, specifically designed for complex reasoning tasks. It is built on the innovative Qwen3-Next architecture, which combines a Hybrid Attention mechanism (Gated DeltaNet and Gated Attention) with a High-Sparsity Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) structure to achieve ultimate training and inference efficiency. As an 80-billion-parameter sparse model, it activates only about 3 billion parameters during inference, significantly reducing computational costs and delivering over 10 times higher throughput than the Qwen3-32B model on long-context tasks exceeding 32K tokens. This 'Thinking' version is optimized for demanding multi-step problems like mathematical proofs, code synthesis, logical analysis, and agentic planning, and it outputs structured 'thinking' traces by default. In terms of performance, it surpasses more costly models like Qwen3-32B-Thinking and has outperformed Gemini-2.5-Flash-Thinking on multiple benchmarks
Explore how Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's unparalleled reasoning and ultra-long context capabilities can be applied to solve the most complex, real-world problems across diverse industries.
Advanced Scientific Proof & Discovery
Leverage Qwen3-Next's deep reasoning to generate and rigorously verify complex mathematical proofs, analyze experimental data, and synthesize research findings into coherent, step-by-step scientific papers.
Use Case Example:
"Aided a quantum computing team in verifying a novel cryptographic algorithm by generating a formal proof of its security properties, identifying a subtle flaw that required a minor adjustment, and accelerating peer review."
Deep Code Analysis & Refinement
Analyze vast codebases with Qwen3-Next's ultra-long context and reasoning to pinpoint elusive logical bugs, optimize algorithms for efficiency, and refactor complex systems with detailed, step-by-step explanations.
Use Case Example:
"Discovered a race condition in a distributed Go microservice by tracing inter-service communication patterns across 100K lines of code, providing a robust, concurrent-safe solution that improved system stability."
Advanced Financial Strategy & Risk
Conduct multi-layered quantitative analysis on extensive financial documents and real-time market feeds, identifying subtle correlations, predicting market shifts, and formulating comprehensive risk mitigation strategies.
Use Case Example:
"Processed a year's worth of global economic indicators and a company's supply chain data to forecast commodity price fluctuations, enabling proactive hedging strategies that saved millions in procurement costs."
Intelligent Compliance & Audit
Automate the auditing of intricate regulatory documents, engineering blueprints, or legal agreements by reasoning through logical dependencies, detecting non-compliance, and highlighting critical vulnerabilities with detailed explanations.
Use Case Example:
"Audited a 500-page regulatory compliance document for a pharmaceutical company against its internal SOPs, identifying 15 critical discrepancies and suggesting precise amendments to avoid potential fines and legal issues."
Dynamic Project & Resource Planning
Utilize Qwen3-Next for multi-stage project planning, optimizing resource allocation, identifying critical path dependencies, and generating adaptive strategies for complex, evolving operational challenges with detailed reasoning.
Use Case Example:
"Developed an optimized deployment schedule for a satellite constellation project, considering launch windows, orbital mechanics, and resource constraints, reducing overall project timeline by 18% through intelligent task sequencing."
Metadata
Specification
State
Deprecated
Architecture
Qwen3-Next
Calibrated
No
Mixture of Experts
Yes
Total Parameters
80B
Activated Parameters
3B
Reasoning
No
Precision
FP8
Context length
262K
Max Tokens
262K
Compare with Other Models
See how this model stacks up against others.

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-32B-Instruct
Release on: Oct 21, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.2
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
0.6
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-32B-Thinking
Release on: Oct 21, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.2
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
1.5
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Release on: Oct 15, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.18
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
0.68
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking
Release on: Oct 15, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.18
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
2
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
Release on: Oct 4, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.3
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
1.5
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking
Release on: Oct 4, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.45
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
3.5
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct
Release on: Oct 5, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.29
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
1
/ M Tokens

Qwen
chat
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking
Release on: Oct 11, 2025
Total Context:
262K
Max output:
262K
Input:
$
0.29
/ M Tokens
Output:
$
1
/ M Tokens

Qwen
image-to-video
Wan2.2-I2V-A14B
Release on: Aug 13, 2025
$
0.29
/ Video
