Kimi K3 (Low) vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

Kimi K3 (Low) vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

KimiKimi K3 (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
30.10
Total cost
$1190
AlibabaQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
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.

MetricKimi K3 (Low)Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)30.19.6−68.1% Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B I… is 68.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,190.42Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.21s2.89s−94.9% Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B I… is 94.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.19 / $0.77
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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