Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #185 of 557 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.090 input and $0.450 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 30B A3B is a sparse MoE model with strong instruction following and competitive livecodebench performance at low cost; intelligence and agentic indices are limited relative to larger models.
Assessed May 17, 2026
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Performance Profile
Qwen3, the latest generation in the Qwen large language model series, features both dense and mixture-of-experts (MoE) architectures to excel in reasoning, multilingual support, and advanced agent tasks. Its unique..
Capabilities
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | qwen3 |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | April 28, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 20,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.09 | $0.000090 |
| Output | $0.45 | $0.000450 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
