Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is a compact multimodal model with vision support and strong math scores, but limited overall intelligence and agentic capability. Regional accessibility for UK businesses is a consideration, and it is best suited to lightweight vision-augmented tasks at a low price point.
Assessment date: April 4, 2026
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Performance Profile
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels..
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text + Image → Text |
| Tokenizer | Qwen3 |
| Parameters | 30B |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Intelligence
Technical
Content
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | October 6, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 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 | $1.56 | $0.001560 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
