Alibaba Qwen · Reasoning
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking
Fast MoE visual reasoner (3B active) — good local throughput, but on the API the 32B-thinking model is cheaper on output ($0.64 vs $2.40).
Open weights · Permissive (Apache, MIT, OpenMDW) · Data checked September 6, 2026 · Not a hands-on evaluation
Model ID qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking
- Parameters
- 30B total · 3B active30B-A3B MoE
- Architecture
- Mixture of experts
- Context window
- 262,144 tokensMaximum input
- Max output
- 16,384 tokensPer response
- Input price
- $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Output price
- $2.40 per 1M tokens
- Cached input
- Not published
- Blended price
- $0.75 per 1M tokens3:1 input to output
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not recorded
- Released
- 2025-10
- Status
- ga
- Size band
- 15B to 40B
License and openness
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is released under the Apache-2.0. This is a permissive license. It generally allows use, modification and redistribution, including commercial use, subject to attribution and notice requirements. License terms can change between versions; confirm the text published with the weights you download.
Capabilities
| Input modalities | text, image, video |
|---|---|
| Output modalities | text |
What it is for
At a three-to-one input-to-output ratio, Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking costs $0.75 per million tokens blended. A workload of one million input and 330,000 output tokens per day would run about $29.76 per month at list price, before caching or batch discounts.
Cost at list price
| Input | $0.20 per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output | $2.40 per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | Not published |
| Blended, 3:1 | $0.75 per 1M tokens |
Sources
- Source: Alibaba Qwen pricing ↗
- API docs ↗
- Full reference record for Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking ↗
- Alibaba Qwen in the reference ↗
Sources checked September 6, 2026. Specifications and prices change without notice; confirm against the provider before you commit.
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