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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

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Direct answer: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is a model from Alibaba. 66.8% on GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter), per OpenRouter Benchmarks. On OpenRouter, US$ 0.15 per 1 million input tokens and US$ 0.60 per 1 million output tokens.

✓ Good for

  • high-volume use (input price in the cheapest 25% on OpenRouter)
  • running on your own infrastructure (open weights)

✕ Not the best for

  • technical reasoning as the model appears through the API (#108 of 135 on GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter))
  • agents that follow rules and use tools (#125 of 131 on τ-bench Verified (airline))

This block follows a rule of this section, using source data: if the model is in the top 25% of the metric, the item goes under "Good for"; if it is in the bottom half, it goes under "Not the best for". The middle band appears in neither. Price and context use OpenRouter; scores use Epoch AI or OpenRouter Benchmarks, in the latest version we checked.

Benchmarks

τ-bench Verified (airline)

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41.3%

highest score on this metric 82%

125º / 131 · OpenRouter Benchmarks, latest version we checked

Key specs

Origin
China
Family
Qwen VL Instruct provisional data
Weights?
open
License
apache-2.0
Input US$/1M?
US$ 0.15
Output US$/1M
US$ 0.60
Context?
262,144 tokens
Parameters
31,070,754,032
Input
image, text
OpenRouter usage?
no data
Downloads (30 days)?
446,889
Use cases provisional data
Text Agents
Dates in sources
  • 2025, listed on OpenRouter
  • 2025, Hugging Face repo created

Version history

Dates come from the sources: OpenRouter listing or Hugging Face repo creation, which may differ from the official launch.

FAQ

What is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is a model from Alibaba, with open weights, used for text, agents.

How much does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cost?

On OpenRouter, US$ 0.15 per 1 million input tokens and US$ 0.60 per 1 million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

262,144 tokens, per OpenRouter.

Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct open source?

Yes, it has open weights. License: apache-2.0.

What is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct's GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter) score?

66.8% on GPQA Diamond (OpenRouter), per OpenRouter Benchmarks.

Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct good for coding?

No data: there is no SWE-bench Verified measurement for it in open sources.

Who made Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

It was made by Alibaba, a lab from China.

provisional data Questions under review: Semrush had no API balance during collection. Answers use source data only.

Models from Alibaba

See lab

Sources

  • Hugging Face Hub, metadados públicos do Hub; licença de cada modelo no repositório, latest version we checked.
  • OpenRouter, dados públicos da API; exports de benchmarks e rankings em CC BY 4.0, latest version we checked.
  • OpenRouter Benchmarks, CC BY 4.0, latest version we checked.

Dates come from the sources: OpenRouter listing or Hugging Face repo creation, which may differ from the official launch. Family and version were grouped by rule from the name.