Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2: API price and specs

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 97% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on input price.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 96% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on output price.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 96% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has a 31.1% larger context than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2.

Field	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct	Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.09	$2.60 +2788.9%
Median input, per 1M	$0.14	$2.80 +1900%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.55	$13.00 +2255.1%
Median output, per 1M	$1.18	$14.00 +1083.9%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.20	$5.20 +2494.8%
Context	262K	200K +23.7%
Max output	262K	8K +96.9%
Providers	16	2 +87.5%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	—
Accepts	image, text, video	image, pdf, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	deepinfra	poe

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

helicone, poe

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 97% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on input price. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 96% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on output price. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 96% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 262K tokens; Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2: 200K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2?

helicone, poe