Compare/Reka Flash (Sep '24) vs Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Reka Flash (Sep '24)vsQwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Reka AI

Reka Flash (Sep '24)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.8/M
Speed
86 tok/s
TTFT
1.76s
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.8/M
Speed
155 tok/s
TTFT
1.03s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
Lower Latency
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
Benchmarks (0-11)
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricReka Flash (Sep '24)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.8$0.8
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Reka Flash (Sep '24)$0.28
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct$0.28

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Reka Flash (Sep '24)
86 tok/s
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
155 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Reka Flash (Sep '24)
1.76s
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct
1.03s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
6.39.1
Coding Index
Math Index
66.3
GPQA Diamond
65.9%
MMLU-Pro
77.7%
LiveCodeBench
51.5%
AIME 2025
66.3%
MATH-500
52.9%97.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
6.8%
SciCode
30.4%
IFBench
33.1%
TerminalBench
6.1%
Reka Flash (Sep '24)0 wins
11 winsQwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Reka Flash (Sep '24) or Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Reka Flash (Sep '24). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct generates tokens faster at 155 tok/s vs 86 tok/s. However, Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct has lower time-to-first-token (1.03s vs 1.76s).

When should I use Reka Flash (Sep '24) vs Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 Instruct for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.