Cohere Command R (08-2024) vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 128K tokens.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 99.79% vs 97.8%.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is the newer model (released 2025-10-06).
| Command R (08-2024) | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Cohere | Qwen |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-10-06 |
| Input / 1M | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Output / 1M | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.262 | $0.262 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 16K |
| Accepts | text | text, image |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 97.8% | 99.79% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Command R (08-2024)
$18.00 per month$0.60 per day
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
$18.00 per month$0.60 per day
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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