Models / Qwen3 30b A3bID: dashscope/qwen3-30b-a3b
chat model by Qwen

Qwen3 30b A3b

Qwen3 30B-A3B is an efficient mixture-of-experts model activating 3 billion parameters per token.

PlaygroundQuick Start
Context window131.1K
Max output33K
Maker

Qwen

Served On

Alibaba US

Specifications

Context window, ranked against other chat models

Proportional scale: 0 to 131.1K tokens. Not ranked, no published context window: glm-5.3-prime, qwen3-235b-a22b-2507, qwen3.7-max-2026-05-17, claude-opus-5-5.

Context window

131.1K

Source: www.alibabacloud.com
Max output

33K

Source: qwenlm.github.io
Modality

chat

Vision
Function calling
System prompt

Benchmarks

LMSYS Chatbot Arena (text)Rank #237 · Score 1327
Source: arena.ai · Leaderboard: 2026-09-132026-09-14

Pricing

Rates are read live

Pricing for qwen3-30b-a3b is fetched from the live catalogue on load, so it is never served from a cache that could outlive a repricing.

Availability

Not enough data yet

We have not collected enough health probes for this model to publish an uptime or latency figure. A percentage from a handful of samples is fabricated precision, so none is shown until the sample count supports one.

How Qwen3 30b A3b is billed

Billed at the provider's list price, with no per-token markup.

Exact list price
Tokens settle at the published rate of the model that served your call.
Cache discounts passed through
Provider prompt-caching discounts reach your balance with no added fee.
Cost on every response
Each response carries the x-nr-request-cost header, so you can reconcile spend per request.

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Start building with qwen3-30b-a3b

One API key, three steps. Choose your tool to begin.

  1. Get a key

    Create API key

  2. Set your API key

    export NROUTER_API_KEY="<YOUR_API_KEY>"

  3. Configure Claude Code

    Choose a tool, then copy its setup from the panel.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Claude Code · dashscope/qwen3-30b-a3b
# Point Claude Code to nRouter gateway
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.nrouter.ai"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$NROUTER_API_KEY"

# Launch with dashscope/qwen3-30b-a3b
claude --model dashscope/qwen3-30b-a3b