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Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct vs Swallow 30B

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct (2025) and Swallow 30B (2025) are compact production models from SpeakLeash and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct ships a 4k-token context window, while Swallow 30B ships a 16k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.

Swallow 30B fits 4x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalBielik 11B v2.6 InstructSwallow 30B
Best forgeneral production evaluationgeneral production evaluation
Decision fitGeneralGeneral
Context window4k16k
Cheapest output--
Provider routes1 tracked0 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct when...
  • Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
Choose Swallow 30B when...
  • Swallow 30B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Swallow 30B

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct -> Swallow 30B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct and Swallow 30B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Swallow 30B -> Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Swallow 30B and Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-03-012025-02-14
Context window4k16k
Parameters11B30B
ArchitectureDecoder Only-
LicenseOpen WeightsLlama 2 Community
OpennessOpen weightsOpen weights
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial use-Commercial use: conditional
Knowledge cutoff-2023

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeBielik 11B v2.6 InstructSwallow 30B
Input price--
Output price--
Providers-

Pricing not yet sourced for either model.

Capabilities

CapabilityBielik 11B v2.6 InstructSwallow 30B
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-30. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.