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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3 Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Context Window
Qwen3 Max
Speed
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.08$1.20 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.33$6.00 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Cache Read (per 1M)$40000.00$240000.00 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 94% cheaper overall.

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 Providers

Chutes $0.08 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.09
AtlasCloud $0.10
Nebius $0.10
Alibaba $0.13

Qwen3 Max Providers

Alibaba $1.20 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 Wins
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Qwen3 Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
15.031.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.226.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
66.380.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
77.784.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
65.976.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
51.576.7
AIME
Competition math
72.7--
Qwen3 Max significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
262,144
tokens
Max output: 262,144 tokens
Qwen3 Max
262,144
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens

Speed Performance

MetricQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 MaxWinner
Tokens/second62.4 tok/s27.0 tok/s
Time to First Token1.10s2.37s
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 responds 131% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 Max
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedJul 2025Sep 2025

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has cheaper input pricing at $0.08/M tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has cheaper output pricing at $0.33/M tokens.
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 26.4, compared to Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507's score of 14.2.
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has a 262,144 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 262,144 token context window.
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 does not support vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.