# Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking API

Alibaba's Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking, through an OpenAI-compatible API. Providers quote it on an open exchange, and each request goes to the offer with the lowest estimated charge that meets your rules.

- Providers compete for each request. The exchange ranks the offers that meet your rules by estimated charge. It fixes your maximum charge before the first token, and you pay for the tokens that the model uses.
- The OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. Use the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK that you have. Set the base URL and your key, and send qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking as the model.
- Your data rules. Send x-liquid-retention: none and only offers whose provider does not keep your content compete for the request.

## Facts

- Model name: qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
- Maker: Alibaba
- Context window: 256K tokens
- Input price: $0.150 per million tokens
- Output price: $0.651 per million tokens
- Providers: 1 independent provider
- Regions: us

## Providers

- [Architect](https://liquidinference.ai/providers/805445a7-0e40-4c1b-9baf-7b3b01e30e42.md): us, $0.150 input and $0.651 output per million tokens, $0.150 cache read per million tokens, 256K tokens of context

## Request

```sh
curl https://router.inference.ai.exchange/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIQUID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking",
    "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Say hello."}]
  }'
```

## Questions

### What is Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking?

Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking is a model from Alibaba.

### How much does Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking cost?

Offers now ask $0.150 per million input tokens and $0.651 per million output tokens. A job pays for the tokens it uses. The exchange picks the cheapest eligible offer.

### What is the context length of Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking?

The largest offer takes 256,000 input tokens. A smaller offer can take less. The exchange skips an offer that cannot take your message.

### What can Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking do?

Its providers list Reasoning effort, JSON object, JSON schema, Frequency penalty, Logit bias, Log probabilities, Min-p sampling, Presence penalty, Repetition penalty, Seed, Stop sequences, Top-k sampling, Top-p sampling, Text, Tools.

### What inputs and outputs does Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking support?

Text → Text.

### Which providers serve Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking?

1 independent provider quote it now, with 1 offer. The table above ranks them by the cost of a typical job.

### How do I call Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking?

Send "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking" as the model in an OpenAI or Anthropic request. The API section links to setup steps for each client.

### When was Qwen 3 Next 80B a3b Thinking listed?

The exchange first listed it on 10/14/2026. This is not its release date.

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