Qwen3 30B A3B vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: API price and specs

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 61% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on input price.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 93% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on output price.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has a 2.4% larger context than Qwen3 30B A3B.

Field	Qwen3 30B A3B	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.0509 +154.5%	$0.02
Median input, per 1M	$0.12 +137.9%	$0.05045
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.28 +1325%	$0.02
Median output, per 1M	$0.50 +50.4%	$0.33
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.11 +349.6%	$0.024
Context	128K +2.3%	131K
Max output	41K +48.8%	80K
Providers	15	7 +53.3%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	GLOBAL, US
Accepts	image, text	text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	edenai	aihubmix

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, cloudflare-workers-ai, deepinfra, edenai, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 61% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on input price. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 93% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on output price. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 30B A3B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Qwen3 30B A3B: 128K tokens; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: 131K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 30B A3B and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

aihubmix, cloudflare-workers-ai, deepinfra, edenai, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter