Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs DeepSeek Flash Latest: pricing comparison
DeepSeek Flash Latest is the cheaper option at $0.00/$2.40 per 1M input/output tokens — Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ($0.05/$0.19) costs about 16x more per input token. Full spec-by-spec breakdown below.
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | DeepSeek Flash Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.00 |
| Output /1M tokens | $0.19 | $2.40 |
| Cache read /1M | — | $0.00 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.0M |
| Provider | Qwen | ~deepseek |
| Vision input | No | Yes |
| Released | Jul 2025 | Sep 2026 |
Real workload costs: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs DeepSeek Flash Latest
Cost per single request at common token profiles — the cheapest model for each workload is highlighted.
| Workload | Tokens (in / out) | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | DeepSeek Flash Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot message | 500 / 300 | <$0.0001 | $0.0007 |
| RAG query with context | 4,000 / 500 | $0.0003 | $0.0012 |
| Document summarization | 20,000 / 1,000 | $0.0012 | $0.0025 |
| Agent coding session | 100,000 / 5,000 | $0.0058 | $0.01 |
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs DeepSeek Flash Latest?
DeepSeek Flash Latest is the cheapest on input tokens at $0.00 per 1M, and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheapest on output at $0.19 per 1M. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs about 16x more per input token than DeepSeek Flash Latest.
How much does Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.19 per 1M output tokens on the Qwen API, with a 262K-token context window.
How much does DeepSeek Flash Latest cost per 1M tokens?
DeepSeek Flash Latest costs $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens on the ~deepseek API, with a 1.0M-token context window.
What does a typical request cost on Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs DeepSeek Flash Latest?
For a typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.0002, DeepSeek Flash Latest costs $0.0012. At 1,000 requests/day for a month that is $5.78 for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs $36.18 for DeepSeek Flash Latest.
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Pricing data via the OpenRouter models API.