Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.6 cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.70 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.6?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.6

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Claude Opus 4.6
Provider	Prime Inference	Prime Inference
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.70	$25.00
Context window	262K	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Oct 2025	Feb 2026

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct details →Claude Opus 4.6 details →

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