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Ling 3.0 tiny vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Ling 3.0 tiny (InclusionAI) and Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Ling 3.0 tiny holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#78 vs #93).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ling 3.0 tiny if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #78 against #93 (32.4 vs 24.5 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ling 3.0 tiny was listed 10 August 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B 28 April 2025.

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B if…

  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

Ling 3.0 tiny vs Qwen3 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ling 3.0 tiny and Qwen3 30B A3B
FieldLing 3.0 tinyInclusionAIQwen3 30B A3BQwen
ModelCap Index position#78#93
Index score32.424.5
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.13
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.52
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—8K
API providers listed02
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed10 August 202628 April 2025
PublisherInclusionAIQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ling 3.0 tiny vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where Ling 3.0 tiny or Qwen3 30B A3B has a published result
BoardLing 3.0 tinyQwen3 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13861377–1395Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis24.5intelligence-index—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Ling 3.0 tiny vs Qwen3 30B A3B: common questions

Is Ling 3.0 tiny better than Qwen3 30B A3B?

Ling 3.0 tiny ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #78 against #93. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Ling 3.0 tiny cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Ling 3.0 tiny or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ling 3.0 tiny or Qwen3 30B A3B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Ling 3.0 tiny and Qwen3 30B A3B open-weight models?

Ling 3.0 tiny: Open weights. Qwen3 30B A3B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Ling 3.0 tiny and Qwen3 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Ling 3.0 tiny and 2 for Qwen3 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Ling 3.0 tiny vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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