Qwen3 30B A3B vs granite 4.0 h small: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen, 30.5B) and granite 4.0 h small (ibm-granite, 32.2B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.

Qwen3 30B A3B vs granite 4.0 h small — cost comparison

Which should you pick?

• Easiest to run locally: Qwen3 30B A3B (needs ~22 GB VRAM at its default quant).
• Pay-as-you-go (your own API key): Qwen3 30B A3B ~$0.31/1M vs granite 4.0 h small ~$0.36/1M — size-based estimates; open the advisor for live prices.
• Cheapest to rent by the hour: Qwen3 30B A3B (from $0.12/hr on one rented box).
• Longest context: granite 4.0 h small (131.1K tokens).

VRAM, size, context and license are facts from the catalog and the shared cost engine; API prices are real where we have them (labeled "est." otherwise). We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.

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