Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Alibaba, xAI

Most Affordable
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Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning)
$0.20/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
85.3% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
49.7 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning)

1
  • MATH 500
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Alibaba logo Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning)
Alibaba
xAI logo Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
xAI
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.20/1M $0.20/1M
Output Cost $2.40/1M $0.50/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.75/1M $0.28/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Alibaba xAI
Release Date Launch date
Jul 30, 2025 Nov 19, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
180.6 tok/s 69.0 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1108ms 16962ms
Latency Time to first answer token
12181ms 16962ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
46.4 64.1
Coding Index Programming ability
36.3 49.7
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
56.3 89.3
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
70.7% 85.3%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
80.5% 85.4%
HLE Hard language evaluation
9.8% 17.6%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
70.7% 82.2%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
97.6%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
56.3% 89.3%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
90.7%
SciCode Scientific code generation
33.3% 44.2%
LCR Code review capability
59.0% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
50.7% 52.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
28.1% 93.3%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
5.0% 22.7%

Key Takeaways

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.20/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 85.3% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) achieves a 49.7 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Alibaba logo Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 (Reasoning)
$0.00
per month
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.