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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking Pricing

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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking from Qwen costs $0.290 per 1 million input tokens and $1.00 per 1 million output tokens as of October 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 262,144-token context window (approximately 196,608 words) with a 236K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0003 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0029.

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.290 / 1M tokens
Output price$1.00 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio3.4×
Context window262,144 tokens (~196,608 words)
Maximum output235,929 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0003
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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.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.290

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$1.00

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

262K tokens

max 236K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.000387$0.0004
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.000967$0.001
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.00145$0.0015
100K token document100,000$0.029$0.03

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • ✓Affordable at $0.29/1M input tokens
  • ✓Large 262K-token context window
  • ✓Step-by-step chain-of-thought reasoning
  • ✓Multimodal: understands images as well as text

Limitations

  • –Higher latency; reasoning tokens add to output cost
  • –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

Math and science problems
Complex code generation and debugging
Multi-step logical analysis
Research assistance

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