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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT vs Qwen3 Max vs Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking comes out ahead, 59 to 45 and 30 on our weighted score, though Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT is 7% cheaper per token.

  1. AI Singapore

    Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT

    Released Sep 23, 2025

    45/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.351 / $0.555
    • Context128K
    Full specs Remove Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT

  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 Max

    Released Sep 23, 2025Deprecated

    30/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.20 / $6.00
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 Max
  3. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking

    Released Sep 22, 2025

    59/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.97
    • Context66K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking
01 — Verdict

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is our pick

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (45) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on inputs & features. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-ITGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT $0.402 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking $0.43 · Qwen3 Max $2.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 MaxQwen3 Max 262,144 · Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT 128,000 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking 65,536 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT: Text, Images · Qwen3 Max: Text · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking: Text, Images, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-ITQwen3 MaxQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking
Price50%663064
Inputs & features30%252580
Context window20%243712
Overall100%45/10030/10059/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT vs Qwen3 Max vs Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking specifications side by side
SpecificationGemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-ITAI SingaporeQwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—142.4—
ECI rank—#101 of 165—
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—72.6%—
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics—19.0%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—73.3%—
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—48.8%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.351$1.20$0.25 (best)
Output$0.555 (best)$6.00$0.97
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.402 (best)$2.40$0.43
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 3 providersOfficial Alibaba APIMedian of 1 providers
Limits
Context window128,000 tokens262,144 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Max output128,000 tokens (best)65,536 tokens16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoYes
VideoNoNoYes
ReasoningNoNoYes
Tool callingNoYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryOpenApache-2.0
API model ID—qwen3-max—
API providers313 (best)1
ReleasedSep 23, 2025Sep 23, 2025Sep 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Apr 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT$4.62
  • Qwen3 Max$24.00
  • Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking$4.44
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT, Qwen3 Max or Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (45) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on inputs & features. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT, Qwen3 Max or Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking?

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT is cheaper at $0.351 input / $0.555 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking costs $0.25 input / $0.97 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.402 per million tokens for Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT versus $0.43 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (1.1× as much) and $2.40 for Qwen3 Max (6× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT has not been scored yet, Qwen3 Max has an ECI of 142.4 and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT, Qwen3 Max and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Max has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 128,000 for Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT and 65,536 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking. Maximum output per response: Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT up to 128,000, Qwen3 Max up to 65,536, Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking up to 16,384 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT accepts text and images; Qwen3 Max accepts text; Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking accepts text, images, audio and video. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT and Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 Max is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT is the newest, released Sep 23, 2025. Qwen3 Max came out Sep 23, 2025; Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking came out Sep 22, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Max Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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