Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking vs Reflection Beam 1.0 501B A23B
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.
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 262K tokens.
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B is the newer model (released 2026-10-16).
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | Reflection |
| Released | 2025-10-06 | 2026-10-16 |
| Input / 1M | $0.29 | $0.25 |
| Output / 1M | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.05 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.467 | $0.438 |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 236K | 131K |
| Accepts | text, image | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 5 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
$32.40 per month$1.08 per day
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
$30.00 per month$1.00 per day
Beam 1.0 501B A23B saves $2.40 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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