Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-30B-A3B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-30B-A3B leads 41.8 to 27.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 17.8% for Qwen Plus and 70.3% for Qwen3-30B-A3B.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 41K.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 41K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1416 |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Plus: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 22.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1398 |
| DTBench | 81.1% | 69.3% |
| LMCA | 24% | 22.4% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.4 (#157)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 70.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1394 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.8 (#105)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 70.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1396 |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
Multilingual Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.5 (#132)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1433 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1370 |
| LMArena French | — | 1418 |
| LMArena German | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1404 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.0 (#142)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1363 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#283)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1379 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1378 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Qwen3-30B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 41K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.