Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.30
Total cost
$860
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)42.36.6−84.4% Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-re… is 84.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$860.33Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.14s4.70s−69.0% Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-re… is 69.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.12 / $0.50
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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