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Qwen3 30B A3B vs Falcon H1R 7B

Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen) and Falcon H1R 7B (Tiiuae) 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 12 September 2026

As of 12 September 2026, Falcon H1R 7B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#151 vs #154); and Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights while Falcon H1R 7B is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Falcon H1R 7B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #151 against #154 (30.0 vs 28.3 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Falcon H1R 7B was listed 29 October 2025, Qwen3 30B A3B 28 April 2025.

Qwen3 30B A3B vs Falcon H1R 7B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 30B A3B and Falcon H1R 7B
FieldQwen3 30B A3BQwenFalcon H1R 7BTiiuae
ModelCap Index position#154#151
Index score28.330.0
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.12Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.50Unlisted
Context window131K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed20
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed28 April 202529 October 2025
PublisherQwenTiiuae

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · global-corpus-prior over 188 held-out anchors (9%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 7 rows (91%); exceeds every named peer on 1 of 7 rows; optimism haircut 2.2 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 2.2 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 30B A3B vs Falcon H1R 7B

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 30B A3B or Falcon H1R 7B has a published result
BoardQwen3 30B A3BFalcon H1R 7BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13861377–1395—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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Qwen3 30B A3B vs Falcon H1R 7B: common questions

Is Qwen3 30B A3B better than Falcon H1R 7B?

Falcon H1R 7B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 12 September 2026: #151 against #154. 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. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Qwen3 30B A3B cheaper than Falcon H1R 7B?

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, Qwen3 30B A3B or Falcon H1R 7B?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 30B A3B or Falcon H1R 7B?

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 Qwen3 30B A3B and Falcon H1R 7B open-weight models?

Qwen3 30B A3B: Open weights. Falcon H1R 7B: Restricted license. 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 Qwen3 30B A3B and Falcon H1R 7B?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Qwen3 30B A3B and 0 for Falcon H1R 7B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3 30B A3B vs Falcon H1R 7B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 12 September 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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