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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Qwen3 Coder Flash vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 comes out ahead, 57 to 51 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 Coder Flash

    Released Jul 28, 2025

    51/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.30 / $1.50
    • Context1M
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  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507

    Released Jul 28, 2025

    57/100
    • ECI137.3
    • Price$0.10 / $0.30
    • Context262K
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01 — Verdict

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is our pick

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 57/100 against Qwen3 Coder Flash (51). It leads on price. Qwen3 Coder Flash wins on inputs & features and 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 priceQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 $0.15 · Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.60 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 Coder Flash 1,000,000 · Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 262,144 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsQwen3 Coder Flash: Text · Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3 Coder FlashQwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507
Price50%5885
Inputs & features30%3525
Context window20%6037
Overall100%51/10057/100

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.

Qwen3 Coder Flash vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—137.3
ECI rank—#124 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—55.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—62.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30$0.10 (best)
Output$1.50$0.30 (best)
Cached input$0.06—
Blended (3:1)$0.60$0.15 (best)
Long-context rateOver 32K: $0.50 / $2.50Same rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIMedian of 12 providers
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens (best)262,144 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenApache 2.0
API model IDqwen3-coder-flash—
API providers1014 (best)
ReleasedJul 28, 2025Jul 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen3 Coder Flash$6.00
  • Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507$1.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3 Coder Flash or Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 57/100 against Qwen3 Coder Flash (51). It leads on price. Qwen3 Coder Flash wins on inputs & features and 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, Qwen3 Coder Flash or Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.30 output per million tokens (median across 12 API providers). Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.30 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.15 per million tokens for Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 versus $0.60 for Qwen3 Coder Flash (4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen3 Coder Flash has not been scored yet and Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 has an ECI of 137.3.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Coder Flash and Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Flash has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Coder Flash up to 65,536, Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 up to 16,384 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3 Coder Flash accepts text; Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 Coder Flash is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 Coder Flash is the newest, released Jul 28, 2025. Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 came out Jul 28, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Coder Flash 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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