Head to head
IB vs QW For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Granite 4.0 Micro costs $0.0000 per solved task against
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct at $0.0001 — ▼ 2.1x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.01 a month.
On output token price alone Granite 4.0 Micro looks 2.5x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Figure Granite 4.0 Micro Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.017 $0.07 Output $/Mtok $0.112 $0.28 Cached input $/Mtok $0.017 $0.07 Pass rate 42% 61% Cost per solved task $0.0000 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.01 $0.02
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Granite 4.0 Micro (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 Granite 4.0 Micro MEASURED Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B … MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Granite 4.0 Micro (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 — Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED — Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings