Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Qwen3 30B A3B costs 3.1x less per output token than Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 ($0.50 vs $1.56 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 5 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for output tokens 3.1x cheaper ($0.50 vs $1.56 per million) and work measured by Design Arena: websites or Design Arena: UI components, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 5
- Qwen3 30B A3B only
- 48
- Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 only
- 3
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 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.
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 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 leads, 1187 against 954.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 takes 1M tokens against 41K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen3 30B A3B $0.0004, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 26.6 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: websites: Qwen3 30B A3B 954 against Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 1187, 29.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 against Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 $1.56 per million output tokens, 3.1x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 30B A3B takes 41K tokens, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 1M.
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 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Bars | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web design | 0 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 5 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| WeirdML | 29.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1337 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1340 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 7.6 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 61.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1314 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1314 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1329 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 72.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 72.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 62.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1355 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1363 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| MathArena | 9.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B 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 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1321 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1318 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1314 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1309 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 954 | 1187 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 943 | 1175 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 898 | 1105 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 967 | 1135 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1118 | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 941 | 1166 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1107 | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1094 | Only Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| DTBench | 60.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMCA | 15.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1317 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1283 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1271 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1335 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1295 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1347 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1307 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1254 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1261 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1352 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1317 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1291 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1299 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1307 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1312 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1290 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1258 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | 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 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 28, 2025 | February 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 41K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.12 | $0.26 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.50 | $1.56 |
| 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 better than Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for output tokens 3.1x cheaper ($0.50 vs $1.56 per million) and work measured by Design Arena: websites or Design Arena: UI components, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15?
Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 costs $0.26 and $1.56. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15?
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15, with 1M tokens against 41K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 comparison based on?
5 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.