Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Qwen3 30B A3B offers 24.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. Qwen3 30B A3B is $89.60 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.5%), TAU-bench Retail (82.4%), GPQA (80.9%). It supports a 232K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 30B A3B is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.3% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (91.0%), AIME 2024 (80.4%), LiveBench (74.3%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Qwen3 30B A3B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen3 30B A3B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 14 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen3 30B A3B
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen3 30B A3B
Claude Opus 4.1
Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen3 30B A3B
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Novita