Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Compare Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507, both from Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 37 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) or Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507?
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 are both competitive models. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.4/M input tokens vs $0.071/M for Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507. Context windows: 1000K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is made by qwen while Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is from qwen. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has a 1000K token context window compared to Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507's 262K. On pricing, Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.4/M input tokens vs $0.071/M for Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507.
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 14x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 2.9x more hedging
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