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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking vs Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast comes out ahead, 66 to 59 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. 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
  2. Our pick

    xAI

    Grok 4.1 Fast

    Released Nov 19, 2025

    66/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $0.50
    • Context2M
    Full specs Remove Grok 4.1 Fast

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01 — Verdict

Grok 4.1 Fast is our pick

Grok 4.1 Fast is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (59). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking wins on inputs & features. 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 priceGrok 4.1 FastGrok 4.1 Fast $0.275 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking $0.43 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGrok 4.1 FastGrok 4.1 Fast 2,000,000 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking 65,536 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Grok 4.1 Fast: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingGrok 4.1 Fast
Price50%6473
Inputs & features30%8050
Context window20%1272
Overall100%59/10066/100

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 Omni 30B A3B Thinking vs Grok 4.1 Fast specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen)Grok 4.1 FastxAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25$0.20 (best)
Output$0.97$0.50 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.43$0.275 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersMedian of 6 providers
Limits
Context window65,536 tokens2,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output16,384 tokens30,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenApache-2.0Proprietary
API model ID——
API providers18 (best)
ReleasedSep 22, 2025Nov 19, 2025
Knowledge cutoff——
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.

  • Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking$4.44
  • Grok 4.1 Fast$3.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Grok 4.1 Fast is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (59). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking wins on inputs & features. 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 Omni 30B A3B Thinking or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 6 API providers). Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking costs $0.25 input / $0.97 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.275 per million tokens for Grok 4.1 Fast versus $0.43 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (1.6× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking has not been scored yet and Grok 4.1 Fast has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking and Grok 4.1 Fast 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?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the largest context window at 2,000,000 tokens, against 65,536 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking up to 16,384, Grok 4.1 Fast up to 30,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking accepts text, images, audio and video; Grok 4.1 Fast accepts text and images. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.1 Fast is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Grok 4.1 Fast is the newest, released Nov 19, 2025. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking came out Sep 22, 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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