Voxtral Small 24B 2507 vs Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B vs Qwen Flash
Qwen Flash comes out ahead, 68 to 59 and 55 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Mistral AIVoxtral Small 24B 2507
55/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.30
- Context33K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B
59/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.80
- Context131K
- Our pickAlibaba (Qwen)
Qwen Flash
68/100- ECI—
- Price$0.05 / $0.40
- Context1M
Qwen Flash is our pick
Qwen Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (59) and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (55). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B 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 priceQwen FlashQwen Flash $0.138 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 $0.15 · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B $0.35 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen FlashQwen Flash 1,000,000 · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B 131,072 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsVoxtral Small 24B 2507 and Qwen3-VL 30B-A3BVoxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio · Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B: Text, Images · Qwen Flash: Text
- Self-hostingVoxtral Small 24B 2507 and Qwen3-VL 30B-A3BPublishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B | Qwen Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 89 | 72 | 91 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 60 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 0 | 24 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 55/100 | 59/100 | 68/100 |
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 | Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AI | Qwen3-VL 30B-A3BAlibaba (Qwen) | Qwen FlashAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.10 | $0.20 | $0.05 (best) |
| Output | $0.30 (best) | $0.80 | $0.40 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.15 | $0.35 | $0.138 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | Official Alibaba API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenApache 2.0 | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | voxtral-small-latest | qwen3-vl-30b-a3b | qwen-flash |
| API providers | 7 (best) | 1 | 6 |
| Released | Jul 15, 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.60
- Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B$3.60
- Qwen Flash$1.30
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (59) and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (55). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B 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, Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B or Qwen Flash?
Qwen Flash is cheaper at $0.05 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.10 input / $0.30 output per million tokens (official Mistral 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 $0.138 per million tokens for Qwen Flash versus $0.15 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (1.1× as much) and $0.35 for Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (2.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 has not been scored yet, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B has not been scored yet and Qwen Flash has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B and Qwen Flash yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Flash has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B and 32,768 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507. Maximum output per response: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 up to 32,768, Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B up to 32,768, Qwen Flash up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 accepts text and audio; Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B accepts text and images; Qwen Flash accepts text. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 and Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Qwen Flash is the newest, released Jul 28, 2025. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 came out Jul 15, 2025; Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B came out Apr 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Apr 2025, Qwen Flash 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.
