# Arete-27B vs Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 58 (C) to Arete-27B's 55.1 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 58 (C) on agent readiness against Arete-27B's 55.1 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Arete-27B leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct: C 58, rank #104 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 63 against 36.
- Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for An agent with 24 GB or more to spare that wants a local reader of images, documents and video with 262,144 tokens of context Ahead on Reach, 95 against 50.

| Category | Arete-27B | Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2025-11-01 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct +45: Arete-27B 50 (Memory 10, the only build from Nous Research is the 54.7 GB BF16 release, which needs about 66 GB and fits the reference machine.); Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct 95 (Alibaba's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 18.6 GB, so with a fifth added it needs about 22 GB, or 23 GB with the vision file, and fits 24 GB (25).)
- Documentation and upkeep, Arete-27B +27: Arete-27B 63 (Model card 8, no limitations, context length, languages or cut-off.); Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct 36 (The card misses limitations, languages and a cut-off (11).)