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Qwen3 30B A3B vs Inkling

Inkling leads Qwen3 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.0 to 7.6, and Qwen3 30B A3B costs 8.1x less per output token ($0.50 vs $4.05 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 43 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Qwen3 30B A3B Replace Inkling
Qwen3 30B A3BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
38.2
Output $/M
$0.50
0
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
31.5
Overall
46.5
Output $/M
$4.05
43
vs boards won of 43 shared

Qwen3 30B A3B or Inkling: which to pick

Only Inkling has a coding score, 31.5 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 8.1x cheaper ($0.50 vs $4.05 per million).

Model AQwen3 30B A3BQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines31.5/1006 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
43
Qwen3 30B A3B only
9
Inkling only
59
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
Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Web design, 31.1 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Qwen3 30B A3B 0.0% against Inkling 77.3%, 77.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 8.1x apart.
Context window
Qwen3 30B A3B takes 41K tokens, Inkling 524K.

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 A3BBarsInklingTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge04
Web design05
General020
All shared boards043
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
LiveBench codingNot measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1414Only Inkling measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.1Only Inkling measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.5%Only Inkling measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured77.6%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.2%Only Inkling measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured11.8%Only Inkling measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured14.9%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured47.6%Only Inkling measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured7.3%Only Inkling measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured26.1%Only Inkling measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured66.8%Only Inkling measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)50.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
SciCodeNot measured47.0%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
FrontierCodeNot measured14.0%Only Inkling measured
FrontierSWENot measured4.1%Only Inkling measured
WeirdML29.8%32.3%Inkling
ALE-BenchNot measured946.0Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: coding13371466Inkling
LMArena Text: software and IT13401465Inkling
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1404Only Inkling measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1399Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.625.0Inkling
Epoch Capabilities Index137.3148.4Inkling
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured22.5Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1196Only Inkling measured
LiveBench researchNot measured59.9%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench browserNot measured16.0%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured14.1%Only Inkling measured
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured46.6%Only Inkling measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.3%Only Inkling measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured28.4%Only Inkling measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured3.8%Only Inkling measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured38.4%Only Inkling measured
τ²-Bench Telecom26.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured33.8%Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured87.1%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench reasoningNot measured78.3%Only Inkling measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured78.5%Only Inkling measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)61.6%87.2%Inkling
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)6.2%31.9%Inkling
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)61.7%88.3%Inkling
ARC-AGINot measured79.5%Only Inkling measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured36.5%Only Inkling measured
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured21.0%Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13141451Inkling
LMArena Text: expert13141466Inkling
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13291448Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
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%88.9%Inkling
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured33.3%Only Inkling measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured4.9%Only Inkling measured
ProofBenchNot measured0.0%Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: math13551479Inkling
LMArena Text: mathematical work13631460Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
MMLU ProNot measured86.3%Only Inkling measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.6%Only Inkling measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.3%Only Inkling measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured41.2%Only Inkling measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)77.7%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured40.3%Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: science13211455Inkling
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13181447Inkling
LMArena Text: legal and government13141448Inkling
LMArena Text: business and finance13091438Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Web design benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
Design Arena: websites9541224Inkling
Design Arena: UI components9431198Inkling
Design Arena: game dev8981165Inkling
Design Arena: data viz9671156Inkling
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1160Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: all code categories9411205Inkling
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1108Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1089Only Inkling measured
LiveBench designNot measured58.3%Only Inkling measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index020
General benchmarks for Qwen3 30B A3B and Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
Vals IndexNot measured29.0%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench data analysisNot measured72.8%Only Inkling measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Inkling measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Inkling measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured85.4%Only Inkling measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
IFBench41.5%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)0.0%77.3%Inkling
DTBench60.3%87.5%Inkling
LMCA15.8%37.6%Inkling
Fiction.LiveBench40.6%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)75.3%Not measuredOnly Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text13171442Inkling
LMArena Text: instruction following12831425Inkling
LMArena Text: creative writing12711390Inkling
LMArena Text: English13351442Inkling
LMArena Text: non-English12951434Inkling
LMArena Text: Chinese13471493Inkling
LMArena Text: German13071445Inkling
LMArena Text: Japanese12541429Inkling
LMArena Text: Korean12611403Inkling
LMArena Text: French13521455Inkling
LMArena Text: Spanish13171449Inkling
LMArena Text: Russian12911430Inkling
LMArena Text: Polish12991450Inkling
LMArena Text: multi-turn13071437Inkling
LMArena Text: longer queries13121435Inkling
LMArena Text: writing and language12901404Inkling
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12581394Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 17 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 Inkling
BenchmarkQwen3 30B A3BInklingLeader
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
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0075Exceeds the context window
Inkling$0.061Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B$0.029Exceeds the context window
Inkling$0.235Fits 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 Inkling
SpecificationQwen3 30B A3BThinking Machines Inkling
MakerQwenThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 28, 2025July 17, 2026
Context window41K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.12$0.975
Output $/Mtok$0.50$4.05
Coding indexNot benchmarked31.5
Independent measurements behind it06
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen3 30B A3B better than Inkling for coding?

Only Inkling has a coding score, 31.5 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 8.1x cheaper ($0.50 vs $4.05 per million).

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B or Inkling?

Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $0.975 and $4.05. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling only.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B or Inkling?

Inkling, with 524K tokens against 41K.

How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 30B A3B vs Inkling comparison based on?

43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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