Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs 3.3x less per output token than Qwen3 Coder Flash ($0.30 vs $0.975 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 41.5
- Output $/M
- $0.30
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.975
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3 Coder Flash: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.30 vs $0.975 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), SciCode and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run); Qwen3 Coder Flash has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.
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, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.5.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 Coder Flash takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.0002, Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.0007 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder Flash not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.30 against Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.975 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 takes 262K tokens, Qwen3 Coder Flash 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| SciCode | 33.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1416 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1417 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 7.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 28.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 10.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 55.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1398 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1397 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1406 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 66.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 66.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 62.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1394 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1411 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1393 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1392 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1387 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 50.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 61.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| DTBench | 67.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMCA | 22.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1384 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1363 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1317 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1391 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1372 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1432 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1379 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1337 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1330 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1419 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1404 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1369 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1353 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1378 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1378 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1336 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1334 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 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 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 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 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 Coder Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 29, 2025 | September 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.09 | $0.195 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.975 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 better than Qwen3 Coder Flash for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.30 vs $0.975 per million).
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 and $0.975. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Qwen3 Coder Flash, with 1M tokens against 262K.
Has any benchmark tested both Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and Qwen3 Coder Flash?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), SciCode and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run); Qwen3 Coder Flash has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.