qwen3-max-thinking vs qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking

Metric

qwen3-max-thinking qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking

Input price

$0.78

$0.13

Output price

$3.90

$1.56

Context window

262K

131K

Throughput

137 tok/s

166 tok/s

Availability

99.6%

98.3%

Cost / task

$0.004

$0.001

Efficiency score

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Metric

QWEN3-MAX-THIN

QWEN3-VL-30B-A

Chat assistant

$702.00

$226.20

RAG / long context

$1,287

$296.40

Agent / tool use

$1,966

$655.20

Efficiency score: qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking

Across price, speed and reliability, qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is qwen3-max-thinking or qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking cheaper?+

qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking has the lower input price — $0.13 vs $0.78 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.

Which should I choose, qwen3-max-thinking or qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking?+