Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured “thinking” traces by default. It’s designed for hard multi-step problems; math proofs, code synthesis/debugging, logic, and agentic..…
Model details →Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs Upstage: Solar Mini 4
Upstage: Solar Mini 4 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Solar Mini 4 is Upstage's compact, cost-efficient language model, a 35B-parameter mixture-of-experts with 3B active parameters and a 524K context window. It is built for agentic use cases where response...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Upstage: Solar Mini 4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 524K | 🏆 Upstage: Solar Mini 4 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.15 | $0.05 | 🏆 Upstage: Solar Mini 4 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.20 | $0.20 | 🏆 Upstage: Solar Mini 4 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking better than Upstage: Solar Mini 4?
Upstage: Solar Mini 4 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Upstage: Solar Mini 4?
Input: $0.15 vs $0.05 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.20 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Upstage: Solar Mini 4 support?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking supports up to 262K tokens. Upstage: Solar Mini 4 supports up to 524K tokens.
Do both Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Upstage: Solar Mini 4 support tool calling?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: yes. Upstage: Solar Mini 4: yes.