Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking vs Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning vs Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning comes out ahead, 72 to 59 and 45 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking
59/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.97
- Context66K
- Our pick
xAIGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning
72/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.50
- Context2M
AI Singapore
Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT
45/100- ECI—
- Price$0.351 / $0.555
- Context128K
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is our pick
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (59) and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (45). 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 Fast Non ReasoningGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning $0.275 · Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT $0.402 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking $0.43 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGrok 4 Fast Non ReasoningGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning 2,000,000 · Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT 128,000 · Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking 65,536 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking and Grok 4 Fast Non ReasoningQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT: Text, Images
- Self-hostingQwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-ITPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking | Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning | Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 64 | 73 | 66 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 70 | 25 |
| Context window | 20% | 12 | 72 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 59/100 | 72/100 | 45/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen) | Grok 4 Fast Non ReasoningxAI | Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-ITAI Singapore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.25 | $0.20 (best) | $0.351 |
| Output | $0.97 | $0.50 (best) | $0.555 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.43 | $0.275 (best) | $0.402 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Median of 7 providers | Median of 3 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 65,536 tokens | 2,000,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens | 2,000,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenApache-2.0 | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 1 | 8 (best) | 3 |
| Released | Sep 22, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking$4.44
- Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning$3.00
- Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT$4.62
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning or Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (59) and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (45). 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, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning or Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 7 API providers). Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT costs $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). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.275 per million tokens for Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning versus $0.402 for Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (1.5× as much) and $0.43 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking (1.6× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking has not been scored yet, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning has not been scored yet and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT 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?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning has the largest context window at 2,000,000 tokens, against 128,000 for Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT and 65,536 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking up to 16,384, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning up to 2,000,000, Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking accepts text, images, audio and video; Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning accepts text, images, audio and video; Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT 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 and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the newest, released Dec 18, 2025. Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT came out Sep 23, 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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