o3-mini vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking).
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) takes 3 of 5 rounds against o3-mini. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.07 per million tokens against $7.
OpenAIo3-mini
$7/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $0.84 per 1,000 pages
200k context · tool calling
Alibaba Cloudwins 3 roundsQwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)
$1.07/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.105 per 1,000 pages
131k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$1.10/M
$0.50/M
List price out (lower wins)
$4.40/M
$6/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$7/M at Poe
$1.07/M at Eden AI
Standard price (lower wins)
$7.70/M
$7.50/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.84
$0.105
Context
200k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
20 Dec 2024
1 Sept 2025
Providers selling it
22
21
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 11
Eden AI$7.70 / $1.07
NanoGPT$7.70 / $1.10
Jiekou$7.32 / $1.95
Kilo Gateway$7.70 / $1.65
LLM Gateway$7.70 / $1.65
Merge Gateway$7.70 / $1.65
Nous Portal$7.70 / $1.65
OpenRouter$7.70 / $1.65
o3-mini then Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking), per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- o3-miniNous Portal$0.88 / $3.52 $1.10 / $4.4025% dearer ·
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)Nous Portal$0.12 / $0.96 $0.15 / $1.2025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, o3-mini or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking), at $1.07 per million tokens against $7 for o3-mini, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- o3-mini: $7 at Poe. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking): $1.07 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 11 providers sell both: Eden AI, NanoGPT, Jiekou, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- o3-mini, at 200k tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.