Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, in 3 community votes, llama 4 maverick and qwen: qwen3 30b a3b instruct 2507 are closely matched, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Winner
Llama 4 MaverickRunner-up
Votes are tied. Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is newer and likely incorporates more recent improvements.
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 3.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
7.5× cheaper
Output
$0.80
3.1× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 7.5× input, 3.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 103.6x more emoji
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
42%Vocabulary55%
24wSentence Length18w
0.76Hedging0.52
3.7Bold6.7
6.3Lists4.3
0.00Emoji1.04
0.74Headings0.92
0.11Transitions0.11
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