Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B

    Comparison

    As of August 30, 2026, Sarvam-30B is 63% cheaper per million tokens than Sarvam-105B. Sarvam-105B is $0.80 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens versus Sarvam-30B at $0.30 / $0.30. Source: https://www.sarvam.ai/

    Source: Sarvam AI pricing (https://www.sarvam.ai/)

    Sarvam-105B

    Sarvam AI

    $1.60blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.80

    Output

    $0.80

    32.8K ctx|Open Source
    63%
    cheaper
    Better value

    Sarvam-30B

    Sarvam AI

    $0.60blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.30

    Output

    $0.30

    32.8K ctx|Open Source
    Save $1.00 per million tokens by choosing Sarvam-30B over Sarvam-105B.

    Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B comparison

    Token pricing, specs, and benchmarks side by side

    Shared benchmarks

    Each bar is share of the current leader on that eval. Click a row to open the board.

    Score vs price

    SWE-bench Verified. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price.

    Best score at each priceSarvam-105BSarvam-30B
    Metric
    Sarvam-105B
    Sarvam-30B
    Provider
    Provider
    Sarvam AI
    Sarvam AI
    License
    Open Source
    Open Source
    Release Date
    2026-03-06
    2026-03-06
    Pricing (per 1M tokens)
    Input Price+167%
    $0.80
    $0.30
    Output Price+167%
    $0.80
    $0.30
    Blended (1M + 1M)
    $1.60
    $0.60
    Model Details
    Context Window
    32.8K
    32.8K
    Max Output Tokens
    N/A
    N/A
    Knowledge Cutoff
    N/A
    N/A
    Throughput
    N/A
    N/A
    Benchmarks
    11.2%
    78.7%
    66.5%
    49.5%
    35.5%
    84.8%
    96.7%
    96.7%
    98.6%
    97%
    90.6%
    85.1%
    92.1%
    69.1%
    58.3%
    85.8%
    73.3%
    85.8%
    74.2%
    92.7%
    81.7%
    80%
    Benchmark Wins
    Sarvam-105B 11|0 Sarvam-30B

    Verdict

    Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B: the bottom line

    Sarvam-30B offers significantly lower pricing, while Sarvam-105B leads on benchmark performance. Your choice depends on whether cost efficiency or raw capability matters more for your use case.

    Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B FAQ

    Which is cheaper, Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B?

    As of August 30, 2026, Sarvam-30B is 63% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Sarvam-30B costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens ($0.60 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Sarvam-105B costs $0.80 / $0.80 per million tokens ($1.60 blended). Sources: https://www.sarvam.ai/ and https://www.sarvam.ai/. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.

    How much does Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B cost per million tokens?

    Sarvam-105B Sarvam AI API pricing is $0.80 input and $0.80 output per million tokens via Sarvam AI. Sarvam-30B Sarvam AI API pricing is $0.30 input and $0.30 output per million tokens via Sarvam AI. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.

    Which is better for coding, Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B?

    Sarvam-105B leads on SWE-bench Verified: Sarvam-105B at 45% vs Sarvam-30B at 34%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.

    What is the context window for Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B?

    Sarvam-105B supports a 33K token context window, while Sarvam-30B supports 33K tokens. Both models have the same context window size. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.

    Which model performs better on benchmarks, Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B?

    Sarvam-105B leads on 11 of 11 shared benchmarks versus Sarvam-30B's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.

    Is Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B better for production use?

    Both Sarvam-105B and Sarvam-30B are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Sarvam-30B has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.

    Can I switch between Sarvam-105B and Sarvam-30B in my app?

    Yes. Call Sarvam-105B through Sarvam AI and Sarvam-30B through Sarvam AI with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.

    How accurate is this Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B pricing data?

    List rates are the latest published Sarvam AI API pricing and Sarvam AI API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://www.sarvam.ai/ and https://www.sarvam.ai/. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.

    What is the output token limit for Sarvam-105B and Sarvam-30B?

    Sarvam-105B supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens per request, while Sarvam-30B supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.

    Which model has better throughput, Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B?

    Neither Sarvam-105B nor Sarvam-30B has published throughput data on this page yet. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.

    How do I switch the models in this Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B comparison?

    Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Sarvam-105B or Sarvam-30B from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.

    Sarvam-105B vs Sarvam-30B pricing

    This comparison covers API pricing, context window, throughput, and benchmark scores. Sarvam-105B costs $0.80/M input and $0.80/M output. Sarvam-30B costs $0.30/M input and $0.30/M output.

    Rank both on the LLM leaderboard, SWE-bench, and Humanity's Last Exam.

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