# Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct vs Seed 1.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct and Seed 1.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-instruct-vs-seed-1-6
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct and Seed 1.6.

## Summary

- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct and Seed 1.6 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct | Seed 1.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | ByteDance |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 38.33 | 48.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct public-lane score: 41.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Seed 1.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct public-lane score: 21 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Seed 1.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct public-lane score: 38.7 (Estimated · #142/183)
- Seed 1.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct public-lane score: 35.2 (#112/123)
- Seed 1.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Can I compare Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct and Seed 1.6 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Seed 1.6 profile](/models/seed-1-6)
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