DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

DeepSeek · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct beats DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B: cheaper ($0.26 vs $0.74/M) and at least as smart (index 7.9 vs 7.9).

	DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Speed (tok/s)	22.8 measured	111.3 measured
Blended $/M	$0.74 derived	$0.26 derived
Intelligence index	7.9 measured	7.9 measured
TTFT (ms)	102 measured	219 measured
Context	8k list	262k list
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B card · Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct card · 3D observatory

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