Compare/Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct vs Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B InstructvsLlama 4 Maverick

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

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Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct

Input
$0.25/M
Output
$0.97/M
Speed
108 tok/s
TTFT
0.86s
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Llama 4 Maverick

Input
$0.31/M
Output
$0.91/M
Speed
127 tok/s
TTFT
0.48s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct
Faster (tok/s)
Llama 4 Maverick
Lower Latency
Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmarks (4-8)
Llama 4 Maverick

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 Omni 30B A3B InstructLlama 4 Maverick
Input ($/M tokens)$0.25$0.31
Output ($/M tokens)$0.97$0.91
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct$0.35
Llama 4 Maverick$0.40

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct
108 tok/s
Llama 4 Maverick
127 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct
0.86s
Llama 4 Maverick
0.48s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
10.718.4
Coding Index
7.215.6
Math Index
52.319.3
GPQA Diamond
62.0%67.1%
MMLU-Pro
72.5%80.9%
LiveCodeBench
42.2%39.7%
AIME 2025
52.3%19.3%
MATH-500
88.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
5.1%4.8%
SciCode
18.6%33.1%
IFBench
31.2%43.0%
TerminalBench
1.5%6.8%
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct4 wins
8 winsLlama 4 Maverick

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct or Llama 4 Maverick?

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.43/M tokens vs $0.49/M for Llama 4 Maverick.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Llama 4 Maverick wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Llama 4 Maverick generates tokens faster at 127 tok/s vs 108 tok/s. However, Llama 4 Maverick has lower time-to-first-token (0.48s vs 0.86s).

When should I use Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct vs Llama 4 Maverick?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct for lower cost, Llama 4 Maverick for stronger benchmark performance, and Llama 4 Maverick for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.