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

Grok 4.6 (Medium) 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.80
Total cost
$1557
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 (Medium)Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)42.87.6−82.2% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 82.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,557.04Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)31.67s17.22s−45.6% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 45.6% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $6.00$0.14 / $0.55
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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