Gemini 3 Pro vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3 30B A3B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Gemini 3 Pro3 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Gemini 3 Pro2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Qwen3 30B A3B costs 93% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+39.6points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+39.4points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+33.5points ahead
Where Qwen3 30B A3B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+10.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 3 Pro
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 3 Pro by 39.441.72.3+39.4
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 27.656.128.5+27.6
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 33.539.76.2+33.5
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 29.290.861.6+29.2
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 9.19.10+9.1
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 39.655.816.2+39.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 30B A3B by 10.88.519.3+10.8
Following instructionsGemini 3 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 3 Pro by 28.970.441.5+28.9
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 66.815.3-51.5+66.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 3 Pro by 61.187.126+61.1
- HMMT Feb. 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 46.797.550.8+46.7
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 3 Pro by 44.6527.4+44.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 3 Pro by 33.246.513.3+33.2
- LiveCodeBenchGemini 3 Pro by 29.49262.6+29.4
- AIME 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 29.110070.9+29.1
- AA IntelligenceGemini 3 Pro by 20.4287.6+20.4
- LiveBenchtie73.474.3tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or Qwen3 30B A3B?
Gemini 3 Pro wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 30B A3B wins none, but costs 93% less. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 3 Pro. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 30B A3B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.20 and $0.80. That makes Qwen3 30B A3B about 93% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.