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Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking out? Yes, since October 6, 2025

Yes. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has been available since October 6, 2025, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.

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Alibaba
Family
Qwen
Release date
Source
OpenRouter catalogue

What changed

  • context +100 % · Context window compared with Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, same tier in this family. Went from 131k tokens to 262k tokens.
  • price -28 % · Prompt price compared with Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, same tier in this family. Went from $0.400 / MTok to $0.290 / MTok. Lower is better.

About Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks.

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Questions

When was Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking released?
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has been available since October 6, 2025, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.
Who makes Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking is made by Alibaba.
What comes after Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, released on October 14, 2025.