Across price, speed and reliability, tongyi-deepresearch-30b-a3b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
tongyi-deepresearch-30b-a3b has the lower input price — $0.09 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Across price, speed and reliability, tongyi-deepresearch-30b-a3b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.