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Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 vs Grok 4 (0709)
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 17 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs xAI, every model from both labs.
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Grok 4 (0709)? The short answer
They score and cost about the same: pick on the results below that match your work.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Grok 4 (0709) does better for agents and tool use and writing.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Grok 4 (0709) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.090 in · $0.30 out | Not on sale |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.14 | – |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.084 (StreamLake) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 7.5 | – |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | – |
| Released | 29 Jul 2025 | – |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
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Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Grok 4 (0709) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 162 · 126 of 387 measured | 1,383 | 1,411 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 144 · 145 of 380 measured | 1,397 | 1,395 |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 186 · 100 of 385 measured | 1,319 | 1,395 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 reported by Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 · 3 results | ||
| Overall accuracy · BFCL% correct, higher is better 32 · 8 of 81 measured | 41.4%bfcl fc | 63.0%bfcl prompt |
| Irrelevance detection · BFCL% correct, higher is better 49 · 31 of 81 measured | 79.9%bfcl fc | 84.3%bfcl prompt |
| Memory · BFCL% correct, higher is better 38 · 4 of 81 measured | 17.6%bfcl fc | 55.9%bfcl fc |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 163 · 22 of 230 measured | 27.9 | 67.0 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 57 · 83 of 230 measured | 13.0% | 17.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 187 · 83 of 230 measured | 0.31 | 0.36 |
Show all 17 results (8 more)
| Measure | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Grok 4 (0709) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 163 · 124 of 338 measured | 1,395 | 1,431 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 164 · 130 of 387 measured | 1,367 | 1,397 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 176 · 108 of 386 measured | 1,342 | 1,398 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 reported by Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 · 5 results | ||
| Multi-turn tasks · BFCL% correct, higher is better 34 · 18 of 81 measured | 30.0%bfcl fc | 47.0%bfcl prompt |
| Relevance detection · BFCL% correct, higher is better 8 · 26 of 81 measured | 93.8%bfcl prompt | 87.5%bfcl fc |
| Single-turn calls (curated) · BFCL% correct, higher is better 9 · 35 of 81 measured | 88.9%bfcl prompt | 85.4%bfcl fc |
| Single-turn calls (user-contributed) · BFCL% correct, higher is better 22 · 30 of 81 measured | 78.4%bfcl prompt | 75.6%bfcl fc |
| Web search · BFCL% correct, higher is better 30 · 4 of 81 measured | 22.5%bfcl fc | 82.0%bfcl fc |
Compare them with other models
Quick answers
Is Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 better than Grok 4 (0709)?
They score and cost about the same: pick on the results below that match your work.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Grok 4 (0709)?
Grok 4 (0709) ranks 18 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 75 for Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Grok 4 (0709)?
Grok 4 (0709) ranks 60 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 140 for Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507.
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