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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct comes out ahead, 62 to 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

    Released Oct 4, 2025

    62/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.15 / $0.60
    • Context262K
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  2. Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    47/100
    • ECI142.2
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 4.5

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is our pick

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 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 priceQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct $0.263 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: Text, Images, Video · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructClaude Haiku 4.5
Price50%7434
Inputs & features30%6080
Context window20%3732
Overall100%62/10047/100

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 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—142.2
ECI rank—#102 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—71.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—66.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—13.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.15 (best)$1.00
Output$0.60 (best)$5.00
Cached input—$0.10
Blended (3:1)$0.263 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 13 providersOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window262,144 tokens (best)200,000 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens64,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenApache-2.0Proprietary
API model ID—claude-haiku-4-5
API providers1348 (best)
ReleasedOct 4, 2025Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Feb 28, 2025
03 — Cost

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  • Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct$2.70
  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Haiku 4.5?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 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 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Haiku 4.5?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (median across 13 API providers). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.263 per million tokens for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (7.6× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has not been scored yet and Claude Haiku 4.5 has an ECI of 142.2.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct and Claude Haiku 4.5 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 VL 30B A3B Instruct has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct up to 32,768, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct accepts text, images and video; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct came out Oct 4, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 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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