Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

    Comparison

    As of August 25, 2026, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is 67% cheaper per million tokens than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is $0.09 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens versus Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct at $0.15 / $1.50. Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/

    Sources: OpenRouter pricing (https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models); Qwen pricing (https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/)

    Better value

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

    NVIDIA

    $0.54blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.09

    Output

    $0.45

    1M ctx|Open Source
    67%
    cheaper

    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

    Qwen

    $1.65blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.15

    Output

    $1.50

    65.5K ctx|Open Source
    Save $1.11 per million tokens by choosing Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) over Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct comparison

    Token pricing, specs, and benchmarks side by side

    Shared benchmarks

    Each bar is share of the current leader on that eval. Click a row to open the board.

    Score vs price

    tau-bench Retail. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price.

    Best score at each priceNemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
    Metric
    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
    Provider
    Provider
    NVIDIA
    Qwen
    License
    Open Source
    Open Source
    Release Date
    2026-03-11
    2025-09-10
    Pricing (per 1M tokens)
    Input Price-40%
    $0.09
    $0.15
    Output Price-70%
    $0.45
    $1.50
    Blended (1M + 1M)
    $0.54
    $1.65
    Model Details
    Context Window
    1M
    65.5K
    Max Output Tokens
    262.1K
    65.5K
    Knowledge Cutoff
    2025-06-01
    N/A
    Throughput
    N/A
    N/A
    Benchmarks
    22.8%
    82.7%
    72.9%
    42.0%
    31.3%
    87.6%
    72.6%
    58.3%
    90.2%
    69.5%
    73.9%
    82.7%
    70.3%
    41.8%
    94.7%
    54.1%
    78.9%
    83.7%
    80.6%
    79.4%
    76.7%
    90.9%
    75.8%
    87.8%
    45.9%
    91.8%
    58.8%
    86.7%
    87.3%
    Benchmark Wins
    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) 9|1 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

    Verdict

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct: the bottom line

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) offers both lower pricing and stronger benchmark performance across the board, making it the clear value leader in this comparison.

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct FAQ

    Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    As of August 25, 2026, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is 67% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) costs $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens ($0.54 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct costs $0.15 / $1.50 per million tokens ($1.65 blended). Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.

    How much does Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct cost per million tokens?

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) OpenRouter API pricing is $0.09 input and $0.45 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct Qwen API pricing is $0.15 input and $1.50 output per million tokens via Qwen. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.

    Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 53.7%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct does not have that eval on this page yet.

    What is the context window for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports a 1M token context window, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K tokens. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.

    Which model performs better on benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) leads on 9 of 10 shared benchmarks versus Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's 1 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.

    Is Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct better for production use?

    Both Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.

    Can I switch between Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in my app?

    Yes. Call Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) through OpenRouter and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct through Qwen with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.

    How accurate is this Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct pricing data?

    List rates are the latest published OpenRouter API pricing and Qwen API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.

    What is the output token limit for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports up to 262K output tokens per request, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports up to 66K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.

    Which model has better throughput, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

    Neither Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) nor Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct has published throughput data on this page yet. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.

    How do I switch the models in this Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct comparison?

    Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.

    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct pricing

    This comparison covers API pricing, context window, throughput, and benchmark scores. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) costs $0.09/M input and $0.45/M output via OpenRouter. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct costs $0.15/M input and $1.50/M output.

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