Claude Sonnet 4 vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4 or Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507?
Claude Sonnet 4 and Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 are both competitive models. Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.071/M for Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507. Context windows: 200K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Sonnet 4 and Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Claude Sonnet 4 is made by anthropic while Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is from qwen. Claude Sonnet 4 has a 200K token context window compared to Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507's 262K. On pricing, Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/M input tokens vs $0.071/M for Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 42× input, 53× output
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is 53x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 8.0x more sentence length
