Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) vs Codestral (latest): API price and specs

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is 53% cheaper than Codestral (latest) on input price.

Codestral (latest) is 25% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) on output price.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is 20% cheaper than Codestral (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) has a 2.4% larger context than Codestral (latest).

Field	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)	Codestral (latest)
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.14	$0.30 +111.3%
Median input, per 1M	$0.15	$0.33 +120%
Lowest output, per 1M	$1.20 +33.3%	$0.90
Median output, per 1M	$1.20 +21.2%	$0.99
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.38	$0.48 +25.7%
Context	262K	256K +2.3%
Max output	262K	4K +98.5%
Providers	11	4 +63.6%
Regions	EU, US	EU, GLOBAL
Accepts	image, text	text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	aihubmix	edenai

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, edenai, requesty, vercel

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or Codestral (latest)?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is 53% cheaper than Codestral (latest) on input price. Codestral (latest) is 25% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) on output price. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is 20% cheaper than Codestral (latest) on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or Codestral (latest)?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking): 262K tokens; Codestral (latest): 256K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) and Codestral (latest)?

aihubmix, edenai, requesty, vercel