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Pick any two open-weight models. Get a 10-dimension matrix + a hardware-fit table showing where each one runs across 8 common GPU tiers — 12 GB consumer cards to 192 GB Mac Studio M3 Ultra.

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Qwen 3 30B-A3B vs Qwen 3 32B — MoE speed vs dense quality at the same size

Hand-written editorial verdict, multi-paragraph framing, 4 FAQ entries, hardware-tier decision rule. Stricter depth than what the comparator alone produces.

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TL;DR

For chat: roughly tied on the weighted score (0% vs 0%). Hardware fit starts at RTX 3090 24 GB.

MODEL · A
Qwen 3 30B-A3B
PARAMS: 30BCTX: 128KFAMILY: qwenLICENSE: commercial OK
MODEL · B
Qwen 3 32B
PARAMS: 32BCTX: 128KFAMILY: qwenLICENSE: commercial OK

Verdict for chat

Weighted: 0% (Qwen 3 30B-A3B) vs 0% (Qwen 3 32B)

Neither model is the clear better fit for chat. They split the 10 dimensions roughly evenly (0 for Qwen 3 30B-A3B, 0 for Qwen 3 32B, 10 ties). The pick is contextual — check the per-row notes, and remember that "better for this use case" isn't "better overall."

WILL IT RUN — HARDWARE FIT

For each common hardware tier, the best-fitting quant for each model + predicted decode tok/s. ✓ comfortable, ~ tight, ✗ doesn't fit. tok/s extrapolated from bandwidth × active-footprint — measure on your stack.

Hardware tierQwen 3 30B-A3BQwen 3 32BVerdict
RTX 3060 12 GB
budget consumer · 360 GB/s
✗ doesn't fit✗ doesn't fitNeither
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
consumer 16 GB · 288 GB/s
✗ doesn't fit✗ doesn't fitNeither
RTX 3090 24 GB
used flagship · 936 GB/s
~ Q5_K_M~23 GB · 27 tok/s est.
~ Q4_K_M~22 GB · 29 tok/s est.
Both fit
RTX 4090 24 GB
consumer flagship · 1008 GB/s
~ Q5_K_M~23 GB · 29 tok/s est.
~ Q4_K_M~22 GB · 31 tok/s est.
Both fit
RTX 5090 32 GB
next-gen flagship · 1792 GB/s
✓ Q4_K_M~21 GB · 59 tok/s est.
✓ Q4_K_M~22 GB · 56 tok/s est.
Both fit
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB
workstation · 1792 GB/s
✓ Q8_0~35 GB · 34 tok/s est.
✓ Q8_0~37 GB · 32 tok/s est.
Both fit
Mac Studio M4 Max 128 GB
apple unified · 546 GB/s
✓ Q8_0~35 GB · 12 tok/s est.
✓ Q8_0~37 GB · 11 tok/s est.
Both fit
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 192 GB
apple unified flagship · 800 GB/s
✓ Q8_0~35 GB · 18 tok/s est.
✓ Q8_0~37 GB · 16 tok/s est.
Both fit
✓ Comfortable (≥30% headroom)~ Tight (fits, <30% headroom)✗ Doesn't fit
DIMENSION MATRIX
DimensionQwen 3 30B-A3BQwen 3 32BEdge
Editorial rating (1-10)
Editor rating — single human assessment across reasoning, fluency, tool-use, instruction-following.
unrated8.9tie
Parameters (B)
30.0B32.0Btie
Context length (tokens)
131K131Ktie
License (commercial OK?)
✓ Apache 2.0✓ Apache 2.0tie
Decode tok/s on chosen hardware
— pick hardware —— pick hardware —tie
Fits on chosen hardware (Q4_K_M)
— pick hardware —— pick hardware —tie
Cost to run (local, Q4)
Smaller model → less VRAM + less electricity per token. Cross-reference with /cost-vs-cloud for $-anchored math.
16.9 GB at Q4_K_M18.0 GB at Q4_K_Mtie
Community popularity
Editorial popularity score — proxy for runtime support breadth + community recipe availability.
9492tie
Multimodal support
text onlytext onlytie
Released
2025-04-292025-04-29tie
DETAIL · A
Qwen 3 30B-A3B →
Editorial verdict, how to run, hardware guidance.
DETAIL · B
Qwen 3 32B →
Editorial verdict, how to run, hardware guidance.
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Comparison data computed from live catalog rows + the model-battle comparator (src/lib/model-battle/comparator.ts) + the cross-tier fit calculator (src/lib/compare/model-hardware-fit.ts). All numbers are extrapolated from VRAM / bandwidth math; for measured runs see /benchmarks. The URL captures your selections — share it for the same view.