Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Summary
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 6 Oct 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 9 Oct 2026.
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels...
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 6 Oct 2025 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 31.1B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 262K (262,144 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 33K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 31 Mar 2025 [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Text and images [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Retirement date | 9 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking [Hugging Face] |
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking | $0.20 | $2.40 | – | 131K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking API cost?
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is listed from $0.20 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking open source?
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking on 6 Oct 2025, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.