Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Opus 5 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 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Claude Opus 5

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 5 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Claude Opus 5 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 5
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	Jul 2026

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