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Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Qwen3 30B A3B grades higher overall (40.4 against 36.5). Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct costs 30% less for the same work.

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct

by Meta · #57 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
320K
Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.30

Qwen3 30B A3B

by Qwen · #56 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
40K
Input / 1M
$0.12
Output / 1M
$0.50

Better overall

Qwen3 30B A3B

Grade 36.5 vs 40.4

Cheaper

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct

30% less, $0.15 vs $0.21 blended

Larger context

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct

320K vs 40K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructLlama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct: 1,322
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructLlama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct: 1,363

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructQwen3 30B A3Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct$32.00 /month
Qwen3 30B A3B$44.00 /month

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct saves you $12.00 a month at this usage, $144 a year.

At a glance

AttributeLlama 4 Scout 17B 16E InstructQwen3 30B A3B
Made byMetaQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 36.5Good · 40.4
Overall rank#57 of 67#56 of 67
Input price$0.10 per 1M$0.12 per 1M
Output price$0.30 per 1M$0.50 per 1M
Context window327,680 tokens40,960 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDllama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructqwen3-30b-a3b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-30b-a3b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct or Qwen3 30B A3B better?

Qwen3 30B A3B grades 40.4 against 36.5 for Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct: $0.10 in and $0.30 out per million tokens, against $0.12 and $0.50 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct, with 327,680 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.