Alibaba: qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct API
The flagship instruction-tuned model of the Qwen3-Next series, released by Alibaba Cloud on September 11, 2025. It features a revolutionary Hybrid Attention architecture, combining Gated DeltaNet (linear attention) and standard Gated Attention. With 80B total parameters, it activates only 3.9B per token during inference (A3B). Designed for Non-Thinking tasks, this model skips visible reasoning traces in favor of near-instant, high-precision answers. Trained on 15 trillion tokens, its performance rivals the Qwen3-235B flagship while offering superior efficiency for ultra-long context (256k+) and high-concurrency Agentic workflows. It stands as the premier price-performance leader for production-grade AI deployments in 2026.
- Context window: 131,072 tokens
- Max output: 32,768 tokens
- Input: text
- Output: text
- Reasoning: Supported
- Tool calling: Supported
- Released: 2025-09-10
- Knowledge cutoff: 2024-11-30
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the context window of qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct?
qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct supports a context window of up to 131,072 tokens.
Does qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct support function calling?
Yes. qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct supports tool / function calling.
Does qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct support reasoning?
Yes. qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct is a reasoning-capable model.
What is the knowledge cutoff of qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct?
The knowledge cutoff of qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct is 2024-11-30.