Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Apr 28, 2025Qwen3 30B A3B
Sparse MoE Qwen model with 3B active parameters for efficient chat and reasoning.
- Capability
- 136.2ECI · #112 of 148
- Input
- $0.114per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.50per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K16K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.114per million tokens
- Output
- $0.50per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.21cheaper than 78% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.478 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $5.35 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $53.50 |
Median of 8 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#112 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (130.3–138.7); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Apr 28, 2025
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- Availability
- 8 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen3 30B A3B
How much does Qwen3 30B A3B cost?
Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.114 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 8 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.21 per million tokens, cheaper than 78% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3 30B A3B?
Qwen3 30B A3B accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 16,384 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3 30B A3B?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3 30B A3B a Capabilities Index score of 136.2 (likely range 130.3–138.7), ranking it #112 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 61.7%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 62.8%.
Is Qwen3 30B A3B open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3 30B A3B support?
Qwen3 30B A3B accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3 30B A3B released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 30B A3B on Apr 28, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3 30B A3B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Google, ECI 133.9, $0.10 / $0.40), DeepSeek V3 0324 (DeepSeek, ECI 135.9, $0.24 / $0.90), GPT OSS 20B (OpenAI, ECI 137.8, $0.07 / $0.295) and Mistral Small 3.2 (Mistral AI, ECI 131.7, $0.10 / $0.30).