Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels in perception of real-w…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 131K | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.13 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $1.56 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.13 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $1.56 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: yes.