Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, both from Qwen, context windows of 131K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 7.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
10× cheaper
Output
$0.80
7.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 7.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 103.6x more emoji
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
55%Vocabulary48%
18wSentence Length17w
0.52Hedging0.95
6.7Bold4.3
4.3Lists8.2
1.04Emoji0.00
0.92Headings1.92
0.11Transitions0.02
Based on 22 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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