Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, in 7 community votes, qwen3 30b a3b thinking 2507 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Reasoning: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Kimi Linear 48B A3B InstructRunner-up
Pick Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507. In 7 blind votes, Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 particularly excels in Reasoning.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
Output
$0.60
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Input
$0.07
4.2× cheaper
Output
$0.28
2.1× cheaper
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 4.2× input, 2.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 uses 67.9x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
63%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length14w
0.19Hedging0.12
5.2Bold7.5
3.2Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.68
0.38Headings0.93
0.05Transitions0.12
Based on 14 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
