Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs Rocinante 12B

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 in and $1.38 out and Rocinante 12B at $0.287 in and $0.575 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen

0.2¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $1.38 out / 1M

262K context · released September 2025

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Rocinante 12B

Thedrummer

0.19¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $0.575 out / 1M

66K context · released September 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.39¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Rocinante 12B at $0.575 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.1¢

Rocinante 12B

0.09¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.2¢

Rocinante 12B

0.19¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

3.2¢

Rocinante 12B

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.74¢

Rocinante 12B

1.1¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

4.7¢

Rocinante 12B

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Rocinante 12B

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Pricing

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Rocinante 12B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.172

$0.287

Output / 1M tokens

$1.38

$0.575

Specs

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Rocinante 12B

Provider

Qwen

Thedrummer

Released

September 2025

September 2024

Context window

262K

66K

Max output

262K

66K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2025-09-30

2024-04-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen

0.1¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

Rocinante 12B

Thedrummer

0.09¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.19¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,635 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Rocinante 12B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.19¢.

If you want to watch the model think, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or Rocinante 12B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Rocinante 12B at 0.19¢; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 0.2¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking and Rocinante 12B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.39¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.39¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.