Head to head
Claude Opus 5vsQwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Claude Opus 5 at $0.10 — ▼ 1191x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $19 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct looks 89x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Claude Opus 5 and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct| Figure | Claude Opus 5 | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
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| Input $/Mtok | $5 | $0.07 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $25 | $0.28 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.5 | $0.07 |
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| Pass rate | 100% | 61% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.10measured | $0.0001measured |
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| Cost per month | $19 | $0.02 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings