Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Together AI chat Deprecated 216d agomodel fallback routing to swap models without code changes.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is a Together AI chat model.It supports a 262,144-token context window.Input is priced at $0.150/M tokens and output at $1.50/M tokens. Route Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct via Future AGI's Agent Command Center for unified observability, caching, and 15 routing strategies including cost-optimized fallback.
Estimate Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct spend
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Estimate uses $0.1500/M input · $1.50/M output. Provider pricing changes. Production costs vary with retries, streaming overhead, and tool-call rounds.
Want this for free? Cache + route via Agent Command Center — first 100K requests and 100K cache hits free every month.
Pricing
Per-token rates, expressed in USD per 1M tokens. Verified Oct 22, 2026.
| Input | $0.150/M | |
| Output | $1.50/M | |
| Blended (3:1 in:out) | $0.488/M Cross-model comparable price |
Context & limits
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max input
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- —
- Modalities
- text
Capabilities
- Function calling — not advertised
- Parallel tool calls — not advertised
- Vision input — not advertised
- Audio input — not advertised
- Audio output — not advertised
- PDF input — not advertised
- Streaming ✓ supported
- Structured output — not advertised
- Prompt caching — not advertised
- Reasoning — not advertised
Strengths & caveats — when to pick Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Data-driven from Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct's percentile within chat peers.
Where it's strong
Watch out for
- !agentic workflows — no advertised function-calling; use a tool-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback
- !strict structured output — no JSON-schema enforcement, expect retry loops
- !already deprecated — provider stopped accepting new traffic 216 days ago
Benchmarks pending
We haven't logged public benchmark scores for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct yet. Have one to contribute? Submit a source — citations help us prioritise.
Call Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct via Agent Command Center
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Routing, fallback, semantic caching, guardrails, and cost tracking come along for the ride. First 100K requests + 100K cache hits free every month.
agentcc / @agentcc/client). Per-call metadata — provider, cost, latency, cache hit, request id — is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers, so any HTTP client can read it.# Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct via the Agent Command Center Python SDK
# pip install agentcc
import os
from agentcc import AgentCC
client = AgentCC(
api_key=os.environ["AGENTCC_API_KEY"], # from app.futureagi.com → Settings → API Keys
base_url="https://gateway.futureagi.com/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="together-ai/qwen-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
print(f"Tokens: {resp.usage.total_tokens}")
# Per-call gateway metadata is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers.
# When you need it programmatically, use .with_raw_response to get them:
raw = client.chat.completions.with_raw_response.create(
model="together-ai/qwen-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Same call, but I want the headers."}],
)
print("Provider:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-provider"))
print("Latency:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-latency-ms"), "ms")
print("Cost: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cost"), "USD")
print("Cache: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cache"))AGENTCC_API_KEY with a key fromapp.futureagi.com.Gateway docs ↗Same model on other providers
qwen-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct is also available via 2 other routes. Pricing, regions, and capabilities can differ — compare before routing production traffic.
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FAQ
How much does Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct cost?
Input is priced at $0.150 per 1M tokens and output at $1.50 per 1M tokens (Together AI, last verified Oct 22, 2026).
What is the context window of Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct supports a 262,144-token context window.
Does Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct support function calling?
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct does not currently advertise function-calling support. For agentic workloads, prefer a tool-calling-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback.
Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct good for production?
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is best evaluated against your own production traces. Pipe traffic through Agent Command Center to compare it head-to-head against alternatives in shadow mode.
How can I route to Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct with fallback?
Use Agent Command Center: a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint that supports cost-optimized routing, latency-aware retries, model fallback, and shadow traffic. Configure once, swap models without app changes.
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