Compare/Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct vs Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 InstructvsLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
129 tok/s
TTFT
1.16s
NVIDIA

Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
50 tok/s
TTFT
0.31s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
Lower Latency
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (1-10)
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 30B A3B 2507 InstructLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.4$0.4
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct$0.19
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)$0.14

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
129 tok/s
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)
50 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
1.16s
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)
0.31s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
15.018.7
Coding Index
14.215.1
Math Index
66.376.7
GPQA Diamond
65.9%74.8%
MMLU-Pro
77.7%81.4%
LiveCodeBench
51.5%73.7%
AIME 2025
66.3%76.7%
MATH-500
97.5%98.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
6.8%6.8%
SciCode
30.4%34.8%
IFBench
33.1%37.0%
TerminalBench
6.1%5.3%
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct1 wins
10 winsLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct or Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)?

Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.17/M tokens vs $0.21/M for Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct generates tokens faster at 129 tok/s vs 50 tok/s. However, Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (0.31s vs 1.16s).

When should I use Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct vs Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning) for lower cost, Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.