The honest, $0-markup cost to run Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen, 30.5B) and Qwen3 Coder Next (Qwen, 79.7B), 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 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 30.5B | 79.7B |
| Context window | 262.1K | 262.1K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~22 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~55 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $0.26/hr | $0.78/hr |
| Your API key | $0.34/1M (est.) | $0.74/1M (est.) |
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