Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is developed by Qwen. It was released in October 2025. On our leaderboard it earns Professional-tier status, ranking #8 of 571 models in our overall business-suitability ranking. For raw reasoning ability it ranks #211 of 374, putting it in the broader field for overall intelligence.
On coding it ranks #188 of 311, a reasonable fit for everyday development support. For agentic automation it sits at #238 of 286, handling the multi-step, tool-using tasks that power AI agents. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list, suiting long documents, large codebases, and retrieval-heavy workloads. Crucially for business adoption, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct combines tool use, function calling, vision input, and step-by-step reasoning in a single model, letting teams consolidate several use cases instead of stitching together multiple services.
At $0.130 input and $0.520 output per 1M tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is aggressively priced for high-volume use which makes it easy to justify for cost-sensitive, high-throughput deployments. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is a dependable pick for businesses that need strong, well-rounded performance without paying frontier prices.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct offers vision support and a 262K context at very low pricing, but intelligence and agentic scores are below the competitive midfield for business use.
Assessed May 31, 2026
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct compares
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct ranks #211 of 374 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #188 of 311 for coding, #238 of 286 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 81% of the models we list. At $0.13 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 59% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Instruct variant optimizes instruction-following for general multimodal tasks. It excels in perception..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | October 6, 2025 |
| Context Length | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.13 | $0.000130 |
| Output | $0.52 | $0.000520 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cost?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.52 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct ranks #188 of 311 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct do?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is developed by Qwen and was released on October 6, 2025.
