--- title: "Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/models/qwen__qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking/ description: "Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $0.290/M in, $1.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero." --- # Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai > Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $0.290/M in, $1.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero. [Check base rates for this workload](/check/qwen__qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking/) [Cheaper alternatives](/alternatives/) [Family](/families/qwen/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=qwen%2Fqwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking) Comparison context Choose up to three standard models in Compare. Requirements and prompt length apply in Compare. This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. MODEL PROOF # Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking Qwen · 06 Oct 2025 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED ## No independent LMArena score is published for this model. **$0.468** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Serving precision differs between offers. Lifecycle: retirement date · 09 Oct 2026 Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated Context window 262.14K Maximum output 32.77K Input modalities text, image Output modalities text Published input price $0.290 / 1M tokens Published output price $1.00 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from SiliconFlow: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at a declared precision that is not 4-bit (fp8), at its standard rate. The maker’s own precision is not known. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.290 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $1.00 /M | | Cached input | Unknown /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.290/M from SiliconFlow. 2 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Alibaba alibaba Endpoint terms Cached input /M Unknown Context limit 131,072 tokens Output limit 32,768 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.200 | Output $2.40 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller SiliconFlow siliconflow/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M Unknown Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 235,929 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.290 | Output $1.00 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.81% | ### Independent scores No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero. ### Capability | Context window | 262K | | --- | --- | | Max output | 32K | | Input modes | text, image | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | always on | | Knowledge cutoff | 2025-03-31 | | Open weights | Unknown | **Retirement scheduled for 2026-10-09.** Do not start new work on it. ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | unrated | Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels... ## Questions this page answers What does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking cost? $0.290/M in, $1.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking have an independent quality score? Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero. What beats Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking? Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Does a missing score mean Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking scored zero? Unrated is not a score of zero. Is the cheapest Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking endpoint the same product? Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.290/M from SiliconFlow. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking. Balanced workload. Not independently rated. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. 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