INTELLECT-3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: side-by-side summary

INTELLECT-3 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

INTELLECT-3, from prime-intellect, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.15/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• INTELLECT-3: 131,072 tokens
• Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: 262,144 tokens

Price

• INTELLECT-3: Pricing varies by provider
• Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: $0.15/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output

Provided by

• INTELLECT-3: prime-intellect
• Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Qwen

• INTELLECT-3 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking model details, providers and pricing