Compare/Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsLlama 3.3 Instruct 70B

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

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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.75/M
Speed
125 tok/s
TTFT
1.03s
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Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.585/M
Output
$0.71/M
Speed
87 tok/s
TTFT
0.63s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (10-2)
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.585
Output ($/M tokens)$0.75$0.71
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.28
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B$0.66

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)
125 tok/s
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
87 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.03s
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
0.63s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
19.714.5
Coding Index
13.110.7
Math Index
82.37.7
GPQA Diamond
72.0%49.8%
MMLU-Pro
80.7%71.3%
LiveCodeBench
69.7%28.8%
AIME 2025
82.3%7.7%
MATH-500
77.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.7%4.0%
SciCode
28.8%26.0%
IFBench
45.1%47.1%
TerminalBench
5.3%3.0%
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)10 wins
2 winsLlama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) or Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.34/M tokens vs $0.62/M for Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 125 tok/s vs 87 tok/s. However, Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B has lower time-to-first-token (0.63s vs 1.03s).

When should I use Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.