Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Mercury 2.5: API price and specs
Mercury 2.5 is 56% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on input price.
Mercury 2.5 is 73% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on output price.
Mercury 2.5 is 65% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has a 0.8% larger context than Mercury 2.5.
| Field | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.09 +125% | $0.04 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.14 | $0.20 +42.9% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.55 +268% | $0.15 |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.18 +57.7% | $0.75 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.20 +186.3% | $0.07 |
| Context | 262K | 260K +0.8% |
| Max output | 262K | 66K +75% |
| Providers | 16 | 7 +56.2% |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | US |
| Accepts | image, text, video | text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | deepinfra | openrouter |
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
aihubmix, aiml, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mercury 2.5?
Mercury 2.5 is 56% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on input price. Mercury 2.5 is 73% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on output price. Mercury 2.5 is 65% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mercury 2.5?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 262K tokens; Mercury 2.5: 260K tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Mercury 2.5?
aihubmix, aiml, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter, vercel