Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
28.10
Total cost
$1218
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B 2507 InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.50
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 Sonnet 5 (Medium)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)28.17.5−73.3% Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 In… is 73.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,218.17Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)9.09s3.42s−62.4% Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 In… is 62.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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