Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) for your use-case.
Fastest
Alibaba Cloud
Google VertexOutput speed
Total 4 providers
Lowest Latency
Alibaba CloudGoogle VertexTime to first answer token
Total 4 providers
Lowest Price
Google VertexAlibaba Cloud
GMI
HyperbolicBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 4 providers
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) is available through 4 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 Alibaba Cloud (191.5 t/s) and Google Vertex (152.5 t/s).
- For latency, Alibaba Cloud (12.85s) and Google Vertex (13.85s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, Google Vertex (0.26), Alibaba Cloud (0.26), and GMI (0.29) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
- Alibaba Cloud offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Google Vertex 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
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning)
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Answer 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 (Reasoning) providers
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) is available through 4 API providers: GMI, Google Vertex, Alibaba Cloud, and Hyperbolic. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) is currently available through 4 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) by output speed are Alibaba Cloud (191.5 t/s) and Google Vertex (152.5 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) are Alibaba Cloud (12.85s) and Google Vertex (13.85s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) by blended price are Google Vertex ($0.26 per 1M tokens), Alibaba Cloud ($0.26 per 1M tokens), and GMI ($0.29 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 (Reasoning) are GMI ($0.15 per 1M input tokens), Google Vertex ($0.15 per 1M input tokens), and Alibaba Cloud ($0.15 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) are Hyperbolic ($0.30 per 1M output tokens), Google Vertex ($1.20 per 1M output tokens), and Alibaba Cloud ($1.20 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning) vary up to 1.2x across providers. The most affordable is Google Vertex at $0.26 per 1M tokens, while Hyperbolic charges $0.30 per 1M tokens.
3 of 4 providers support JSON mode for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning): Google Vertex, Alibaba Cloud, and Hyperbolic.
3 of 4 providers support function calling for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning): GMI, Google Vertex, and Alibaba Cloud.
For Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning), Alibaba Cloud offers the best performance with highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Google Vertex provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B (Reasoning), 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 (Reasoning)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview