Solar Pro 2 vs Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B vs Qwen-MT Turbo
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B comes out ahead, 59 to 52 and 40 on our weighted score, though Qwen-MT Turbo is 31% cheaper per token.
Upstage
Solar Pro 2
52/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.25
- Context66K
- Our pick
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B
59/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.80
- Context131K
- Alibaba (Qwen)
Qwen-MT Turbo
40/100- ECI—
- Price$0.16 / $0.49
- Context16K
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is our pick
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Solar Pro 2 (52) and Qwen-MT Turbo (40). It leads 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 priceQwen-MT TurboQwen-MT Turbo $0.242 · Solar Pro 2 $0.25 · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B $0.35 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3-VL 30B-A3BQwen3-VL 30B-A3B 131,072 · Solar Pro 2 65,536 · Qwen-MT Turbo 16,384 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3-VL 30B-A3BSolar Pro 2: Text · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B: Text, Images · Qwen-MT Turbo: Text
- Self-hostingQwen3-VL 30B-A3BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Solar Pro 2 | Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B | Qwen-MT Turbo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 78 | 72 | 79 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 60 | 0 |
| Context window | 20% | 12 | 24 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 52/100 | 59/100 | 40/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Solar Pro 2Upstage | Qwen3-VL 30B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen) | Qwen-MT TurboAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.25 | $0.20 | $0.16 (best) |
| Output | $0.25 (best) | $0.80 | $0.49 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.25 | $0.35 | $0.242 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Upstage API | Official Alibaba API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 65,536 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 16,384 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 32,768 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yesminimal · high | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | solar-pro2 | qwen3-vl-30b-a3b | qwen-mt-turbo |
| API providers | 2 (best) | 1 | 1 |
| Released | May 20, 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Solar Pro 2$3.00
- Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B$3.60
- Qwen-MT Turbo$2.58
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Solar Pro 2, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B or Qwen-MT Turbo?
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 59/100 against Solar Pro 2 (52) and Qwen-MT Turbo (40). It leads 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, Solar Pro 2, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B or Qwen-MT Turbo?
Qwen-MT Turbo is cheaper at $0.16 input / $0.49 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Solar Pro 2 costs $0.25 input / $0.25 output per million tokens (official Upstage API price); Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B costs $0.20 input / $0.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.242 per million tokens for Qwen-MT Turbo versus $0.25 for Solar Pro 2 (1× as much) and $0.35 for Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (1.4× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Solar Pro 2 has not been scored yet, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has not been scored yet and Qwen-MT Turbo has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Solar Pro 2, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B and Qwen-MT Turbo yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Qwen-MT Turbo does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has the largest context window at 131,072 tokens, against 65,536 for Solar Pro 2 and 16,384 for Qwen-MT Turbo. Maximum output per response: Solar Pro 2 up to 8,192, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B up to 32,768, Qwen-MT Turbo up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Solar Pro 2 accepts text; Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B accepts text and images; Qwen-MT Turbo accepts text. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Solar Pro 2 and Qwen-MT Turbo is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Solar Pro 2 is the newest, released May 20, 2025. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B came out Apr 2025; Qwen-MT Turbo came out Jan 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Solar Pro 2 Mar 2025, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Apr 2025, Qwen-MT Turbo Apr 2024.
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 Oct 4, 2026.
