qwen Open weights Vision Reasoning

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking pricing & benchmarks

Released Oct 6, 2025 · served by 2 providers

Input / 1M tokens$0.130
Output / 1M tokens$1.00
Context window262K
Cached input
1M in + 300K out$0.43

What Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is

Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels...

Providers and prices for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.

ProviderInputOutputContext QuantUptime 24hThroughput
SiliconFlowcheapest $0.290 $1.00 262K fp8 97.7%
Alibaba $0.130 $1.56 131K 99.9%

FAQ

How much does the Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking API cost?

$0.130 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.43.

Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking free?

No. It is a paid model starting at $0.130 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.

Which provider is cheapest for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

SiliconFlow at $0.290 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens (fp8 quantization).

Can I self-host Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Yes — weights are published as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.