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Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus leads Qwen3 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.2 to 7.6, and Qwen3 30B A3B costs 2.6x less per output token ($0.50 vs $1.28 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Qwen3 30B A3B Replace Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3 30B A3BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
38.2
Output $/M
$0.50
0
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen
Coding
33.2
Overall
54.0
Output $/M
$1.28
45
vs boards won of 45 shared

Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for output tokens 2.6x cheaper ($0.50 vs $1.28 per million).

Model AQwen3 30B A3BQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.7 PlusQwen33.2/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
45
Qwen3 30B A3B only
7
Qwen3.7 Plus only
30
Like-for-like categories
8 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
Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 67.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Qwen3 30B A3B 0.0% against Qwen3.7 Plus 73.0%, 73.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 2.6x apart.
Context window
Qwen3 30B A3B takes 41K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryQwen3 30B A3BBarsQwen3.7 PlusTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge04
Web design05
General021
All shared boards045
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured55.9Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured46.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured12.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured52.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured54.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)50.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
SciCodeNot measured46.1%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%47.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCodeNot measured10.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
WeirdML29.8%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: coding13371473Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT13401473Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.625.2Qwen3.7 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index137.3147.0Qwen3.7 Plus
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured17.5Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured38.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured10.5%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured16.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured49.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
τ²-Bench Telecom26.0%93.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0Not measured2.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)61.6%90.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)6.2%35.6%Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)61.7%87.9%Qwen3.7 Plus
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured17.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13141460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: expert13141466Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13291460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1292Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1295Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Math Index72.3Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)72.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
OTIS Mock AIME62.8%93.3%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured34.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: math13551467Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work13631470Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured66.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)77.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: science13211464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13181464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government13141451Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance13091435Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websites9541269Qwen3.7 Plus
Design Arena: UI components9431258Qwen3.7 Plus
Design Arena: game dev8981261Qwen3.7 Plus
Design Arena: data viz9671276Qwen3.7 Plus
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1238Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categories9411269Qwen3.7 Plus
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1208Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1143Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
General benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured53.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
IFBench41.5%78.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)0.0%73.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
DTBench60.3%84.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
LMCA15.8%37.6%Qwen3.7 Plus
Fiction.LiveBench40.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)75.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text13171454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following12831439Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing12711438Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena VisionNot measured1278Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: English13351458Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English12951445Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Chinese13471509Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: German13071471Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Japanese12541412Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Korean12611413Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: French13521472Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish13171457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Russian12911457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Polish12991449Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: multi-turn13071459Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries13121454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language12901437Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12581422Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1280Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1332Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1288Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1258Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1444Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 PlusLeader
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$0.0004Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0075Exceeds the context window
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.020Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B$0.029Exceeds the context window
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.077Fits in one request

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 Qwen3 30B A3B and Qwen3.7 Plus
SpecificationQwen3 30B A3BQwen3.7 Plus
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 28, 2025June 3, 2026
Context window41K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.12$0.32
Output $/Mtok$0.50$1.28
Coding indexNot benchmarked33.2
Independent measurements behind it02
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3 30B A3B better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for output tokens 2.6x cheaper ($0.50 vs $1.28 per million).

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 41K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 30B A3B vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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