Grok 4.6 (High) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)

Grok 4.6 (High) 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.

SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.30
Total cost
$1963
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.

MetricGrok 4.6 (High)Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.36.6−85.1% Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-re… is 85.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,962.90Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)34.90s3.76s−89.2% Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-re… is 89.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $6.00$0.12 / $0.50
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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