Grok 4.6 (Low) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Grok 4.6 (Low) 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.

SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
35.10
Total cost
$614
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.

MetricGrok 4.6 (Low)Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)35.17.6−78.3% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 78.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$613.92Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.22s18.51s+40.0% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 40.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $6.00$0.14 / $0.55
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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