Mistral Small vs Qwen3 30B A3B Comparison

Comparing Mistral Small and Qwen3 30B A3B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Small and Qwen3 30B A3B don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

For input processing, Mistral Small ($0.20/1M tokens) is 2.0x more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Mistral Small ($0.60/1M tokens) is 2.0x more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Mistral Small is more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

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Mistral Small

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerMistral

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerDeepinfra

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

8.5B diff

Qwen3 30B A3B has 8.5B more parameters than Mistral Small, making it 38.6% larger.

Mistral Small

22.0Bparameters

Qwen3 30B A3B

30.5Bparameters

22.0B

Mistral Small

30.5B

Qwen3 30B A3B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen3 30B A3B accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small's 32,768 tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Mistral Small is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Mistral Small

Input32,768 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Small is licensed under Mistral Research License, while Qwen3 30B A3B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Mistral Small

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Qwen3 30B A3B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Small was released on 2024-09-17, while Qwen3 30B A3B was released on 2025-04-29.

Qwen3 30B A3B is 7 months newer than Mistral Small.

Mistral Small

Sep 17, 2024

1.5 years ago

Qwen3 30B A3B

Apr 29, 2025

10 months ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Mistral Small is available from Mistral AI. Qwen3 30B A3B is available from DeepInfra, Novita, Fireworks. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.