Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $0.80/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct reports 109 tok/s output speed and 2140ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.28 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
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