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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3 8B
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Winner summary
Qwen3 8B wins on 3/6 benchmarks
Qwen3 8B wins 3 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · language · coding.
Category leads
math·Qwen3 8Bknowledge·Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507language·Qwen3 8Bcoding·Qwen3 8B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
#68 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 8B
#58 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
1.1x better value than Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
283.6 pts/$
$0.20/M
Qwen3 8B
251.1 pts/$
$0.23/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen3 8B
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3 8B leads by +2.4
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
63.8
Qwen3 8B
66.2
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 leads by +3.9
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
63.6
Qwen3 8B
59.7
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 leads by +2.2
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
7.7
Qwen3 8B
5.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Qwen3 8B leads by +1.7
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
83.9
Qwen3 8B
85.6
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3 8B leads by +11.4
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
38.7
Qwen3 8B
50.1
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 leads by +1.8
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
73.9
Qwen3 8B
72.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 63.8 | 66.2 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 63.6 | 59.7 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 7.7 | 5.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 83.9 | 85.6 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 38.7 | 50.1 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 73.9 | 72.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.09 | $0.30 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $1.43 | |
| $0.05 | $0.40 | 41K tokens (~20 books) | $1.38 |