Gemma 3 12B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Gemma 3 12B at $0.058 in and $0.172 out and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at $0.055 in and $0.222 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 3 12B

Google

0.04¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.172 out / 1M

131K context · released March 2025

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.055 in · $0.222 out / 1M

128K context · released July 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at $0.055 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Gemma 3 12B at $0.172 per million tokens.
Largest context: Gemma 3 12B at 131K tokens — about 190 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Gemma 3 12B

0.02¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 3 12B

0.04¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 155K ctx

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 3 12B

0.22¢

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

0.22¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 3 12B

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

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Pricing

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Input / 1M tokens

$0.058

$0.055

Output / 1M tokens

$0.172

$0.222

Specs

Gemma 3 12B

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Provider

Google

Qwen

Released

March 2025

July 2025

Context window

131K

128K

Max output

16K

32K

Input

Text and Images

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-08-31

2025-06-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 3 12B

Google

0.02¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Qwen

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.04¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 11,830 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Gemma 3 12B has the largest context window here — 131K tokens.

On price, Gemma 3 12B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.04¢.

For images or files, Gemma 3 12B can read them directly; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Gemma 3 12B at 0.04¢; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at 0.05¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Gemma 3 12B — 131K tokens, about 190 pages.

Can I run Gemma 3 12B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.09¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.