Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct for your use-case.
Fastest
Google Vertex
Novita
Alibaba Cloud
Parasail
DeepInfraOutput speed
Total 7 providers
Lowest Latency
Google VertexDeepInfra
DatabricksParasailNovitaTime to first token
Total 7 providers
Lowest Price
ParasailDeepInfraGoogle VertexDatabricksAlibaba CloudBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 7 providers
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B is available through 7 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Google Vertex (191.3 t/s), Novita (177.4 t/s), and Alibaba Cloud (174.6 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 95% difference between the fastest and slowest.
- For latency, Google Vertex (0.62s), DeepInfra (0.68s), and Databricks (0.94s) offer the lowest time to first token.
- For pricing, Parasail (0.18), DeepInfra (0.19), and Google Vertex (0.26) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
- Google Vertex offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Parasail provides the most competitive pricing.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Pricing: Cache Discount
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct providers
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is available through 7 API providers: Hyperbolic, Google Vertex, Databricks, DeepInfra, Parasail, Novita, and Alibaba Cloud. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is currently available through 7 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by output speed are Google Vertex (191.3 t/s), Novita (177.4 t/s), and Alibaba Cloud (174.6 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first token for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct are Google Vertex (0.62s), DeepInfra (0.68s), and Databricks (0.94s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by blended price are Parasail ($0.18 per 1M tokens), DeepInfra ($0.19 per 1M tokens), and Google Vertex ($0.26 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct are DeepInfra ($0.09 per 1M input tokens), Parasail ($0.10 per 1M input tokens), and Google Vertex ($0.15 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct are Hyperbolic ($0.30 per 1M output tokens), DeepInfra ($1.10 per 1M output tokens), and Parasail ($1.10 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vary up to 1.7x across providers. The most affordable is Parasail at $0.18 per 1M tokens, while Hyperbolic charges $0.30 per 1M tokens.
Output speed for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct varies significantly across providers. Google Vertex is the fastest at 191.3 t/s, which is 1.9x faster than Databricks at 98.2 t/s.
All 7 providers of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct support JSON mode for structured output.
6 of 7 providers support function calling for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: Google Vertex, Databricks, DeepInfra, Parasail, Novita, and Alibaba Cloud.
For Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, Google Vertex offers the best performance with highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Parasail provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview