AI model comparison

Solar Pro 3 vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Solar Pro 3 is Upstage's powerful Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model. With 102B total parameters and 12B active parameters per forward pass, it delivers exceptional performance while maintaining computational efficiency.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.60
Context
131K

Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 is a 30.5B-parameter mixture-of-experts language model from Qwen, with 3.3B active parameters per inference.

Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.30
Context
262K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

1.7x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Solar Pro 3

7.8 vs 7.5 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

262K vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Solar Pro 3

Released January 27, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

upstage logoSolar Pro 37.8
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 25077.5

Coding index

upstage logoSolar Pro 316.2
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Not available

Agentic index

upstage logoSolar Pro 31.4
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Not available

Pricing

Solar Pro 3 vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricupstage logoSolar Pro 3qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.15$0.10
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.60$0.30
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.02Not available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

upstage logoSolar Pro 3$0.60
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$0.35

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

upstage logoSolar Pro 3$6.90$2.85 cached
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$4.20

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

upstage logoSolar Pro 3$23.70$3.45 cached
qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$15.60

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricupstage logoSolar Pro 3qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Context window131K tokens262K tokens
Max output118K tokens236K tokens
Input typesTextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsHigh, Medium, Low, Minimal, NoneNot available
Default reasoning effortMediumNot available
Release dateJanuary 27, 2026July 29, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricupstage logoSolar Pro 3qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesNot supportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 1.7x cheaper for a typical chat. Solar Pro 3 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (7.8 vs 7.5). Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has the larger context window (262K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Solar Pro 3 or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 cheaper?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.30 per 1M output tokens, while Solar Pro 3 costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Solar Pro 3 or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 131K for Solar Pro 3.

Is Solar Pro 3 smarter than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Solar Pro 3 scores 7.8 and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 scores 7.5, putting Solar Pro 3 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.