Is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B cheaper?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.52 vs $2.39 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	Qwen	Qwen
Input / 1M tokens	$0.13	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$0.52	$2.39
Context window	262K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	—	—
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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct details →Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B details →

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