Muse Wonder vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Updated October 21, 2026. 5 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Muse Wonder scores 64.5 and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 60.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking.
Pick Muse Wonder when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 262K tokens, or when what matters is Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) or Design Arena: websites, where it leads; pick Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct when output tokens cost 71.4x less.
- Shared results
- 5
- Muse Wonder only
- 55
- Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
No call
64.5 against 60.4, from different benchmarks with none in common.
Directional only
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct has a AA Intelligence Index result, 9.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1361 against 1087.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Vals Index result, 64.9%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Muse Wonder $0.014, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Wonder 64.5 from 1 benchmark, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 60.4 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- General, 48.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Muse Wonder 80.7% against Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 32.7%, 48.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Wonder $20.00 against Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct $0.28 per million output tokens, 71.4x apart.
- Context window
- Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 262K.
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.
| Category | Muse Wonder | Bars | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 3 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 5 | 0 |
CodingDirectional onlyFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 60.4% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| SWE-bench Lite | Not measured | 49.7% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1652 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 62.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 66.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 45.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 26.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 80.4% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 40.3% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| SciCode | 60.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 15.2% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1522 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1515 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1694 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 9.6 | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.8 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1236 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 36.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 50.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 23.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 22.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vals Science Index | 39.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 7.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 34.5% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,432 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 51.6% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.1% | 3.8% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1513 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1506 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 29.0 | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 29.0% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| ProofBench | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1514 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 70.6% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1512 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1505 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1483 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1361 | 1087 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1371 | 1046 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1380 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1330 | 1085 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1425 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1370 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 64.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 32.7% | Only Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | 32.7% | Muse Wonder |
| DTBench | 95.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMCA | 56.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1491 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1491 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1507 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1492 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1537 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1522 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1510 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1493 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1496 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 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.
| Specification | Meta Muse Wonder | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 12, 2026 | July 31, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.07 |
| Output $/Mtok | $20.00 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 64.5 | 60.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Wonder better than Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct for coding?
Muse Wonder scores 64.5 and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct 60.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking. Pick Muse Wonder when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 262K tokens, or when what matters is Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) or Design Arena: websites, where it leads; pick Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct when output tokens cost 71.4x less.
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.07 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct comparison based on?
5 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.