Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.
| Spec | Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | SiliconFlow | SiliconFlow |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.07 | $0.50 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.28 | $2.18 |
| Context window | 262K | 164K |
| Parameters | — | 671B |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Released | Aug 2025 | May 2025 |
FAQ
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