Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning). 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 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
38.20
Total cost
$6998
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.60
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 Sonnet 5 (Max)Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)38.27.6−80.1% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 80.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,998.25Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)200.39s17.22s−91.4% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 91.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.14 / $0.55
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