Alibaba (Qwen)

Qwen3 30B A3B

Generally availableOpen weights41K contextReasoning

Summary

Qwen3 30B A3B is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 28 Apr 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 41K-token context window and up to 16K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens (Cloudflare Workers AI), across 4 providers we track.

Sparse MoE Qwen model with 3B active parameters for efficient chat and reasoning

Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.

Specifications

DeveloperAlibaba (Qwen)
Release date28 Apr 2025 [models.dev]
StatusGenerally available [models.dev]
WeightsOpen weights [Hugging Face]
Licenseapache-2.0 [Hugging Face]
Parameters30.5B [Hugging Face]
Context window41K (40,960 tokens) [models.dev]
Max output16K tokens [models.dev]
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025 [models.dev]
InputText [models.dev]
OutputText [models.dev]
Reasoning modeYes [models.dev]
Tool callingYes [models.dev]
Structured outputYes [models.dev]
Hugging FaceQwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B [Hugging Face]

Qwen3 30B A3B API pricing by provider

USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.

ProviderInputOutputCached inputContextSource
Cloudflare Workers AI
@cf/qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8
$0.05$0.34–33Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
DeepInfra
Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B
$0.12$0.50–41Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Hugging Face Inference Providers
Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B
$0.12$0.50–41Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
OpenRouter
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b
$0.12$0.50–41KOpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Qwen3 30B A3B?

Qwen3 30B A3B has a context window of 40,960 tokens (41K) and can generate up to 16,384 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

How much does the Qwen3 30B A3B API cost?

Qwen3 30B A3B is listed from $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens (Cloudflare Workers AI). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

Is Qwen3 30B A3B open source?

Qwen3 30B A3B is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

When was Qwen3 30B A3B released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 30B A3B on 28 Apr 2025, according to models.dev.

Which providers offer Qwen3 30B A3B?

We track Qwen3 30B A3B on 4 providers: Cloudflare Workers AI, DeepInfra, Hugging Face Inference Providers, OpenRouter.

Change history

No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.

Sources