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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Qwen3 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.8 to 7.6, and Qwen3 30B A3B costs 150.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 41 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Claude Opus 4.1 Replace Qwen3 30B A3B
Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic
Coding
No data
Overall
50.2
Output $/M
$75.00
41
Qwen3 30B A3BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
38.2
Output $/M
$0.50
0
vs boards won of 41 shared

Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 30B A3B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for a larger context window (200K against 41K tokens).

Model AClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 30B A3BQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
41
Claude Opus 4.1 only
32
Qwen3 30B A3B only
11
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 28.6 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Design Arena: game dev: Claude Opus 4.1 1171 against Qwen3 30B A3B 898, 34.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 per million output tokens, 150.0x apart.
Context window
Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, Qwen3 30B A3B 41K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryClaude Opus 4.1BarsQwen3 30B A3BTies
Coding30
Intelligence20
Reasoning40
Math30
Knowledge40
Web design50
General200
All shared boards410
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
LMArena WebDev1390Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)66.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured50.6%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured6.8%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Terminal-Bench38.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
WeirdML45.9%29.8%Claude Opus 4.1
Cybench42.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: coding14791337Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: software and IT14561340Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena WebDev: HTML1399Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
SciCode4.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.87.6Claude Opus 4.1
Epoch Capabilities Index144.1137.3Claude Opus 4.1
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured26.0%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
METR time horizons66.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
GDPval43.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
DeepResearch Bench48.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond76.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)77.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured61.6%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured6.2%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)77.3%61.7%Claude Opus 4.1
SimpleBench60.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Mystery game puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
EBR-bench7.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
VPCT35.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14421314Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: expert14381314Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14511329Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
AIME78.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)95.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)94.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured72.3Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured72.3%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
OTIS Mock AIME68.9%62.8%Claude Opus 4.1
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 312.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
FrontierMath, tier 42.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LMArena Text: math14311355Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work14341363Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro87.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)83.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)61.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)93.6%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)47.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured77.7%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: science14221321Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14161318Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: legal and government14211314Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: business and finance14061309Claude Opus 4.1
FACTS Benchmark Suite40.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1176954Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: UI components1162943Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: game dev1171898Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: data viz1166967Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: 3D1152Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1170941Claude Opus 4.1
Design Arena: SVG1152Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1167Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
General benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)31.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)73.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Opus 4.1 measured
IFBenchNot measured41.5%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured0.0%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
DTBench80.0%60.3%Claude Opus 4.1
LMCA37.1%15.8%Claude Opus 4.1
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured40.6%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)84.7%75.3%Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text14191317Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: instruction following14351283Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: creative writing14121271Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: English14331335Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: non-English14051295Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Chinese14271347Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: German14131307Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Japanese13771254Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Korean13811261Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: French14331352Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Spanish14481317Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Russian14221291Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: Polish14131299Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn14441307Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: longer queries14551312Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: writing and language14181290Claude Opus 4.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13981258Claude Opus 4.1
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$0.052Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0004Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$0.975Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0075Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Claude Opus 4.1$3.75Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.029Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Claude Opus 4.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
SpecificationAnthropic Claude Opus 4.1Qwen3 30B A3B
MakerAnthropicQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 5, 2025April 28, 2025
Context window200K41K
Input $/Mtok$15.00$0.12
Output $/Mtok$75.00$0.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it10
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Qwen3 30B A3B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for a larger context window (200K against 41K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Claude Opus 4.1, with 200K tokens against 41K.

How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison based on?

41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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