Compare/QwQ 32B-Preview vs gpt-oss-120B (low)

QwQ 32B-Previewvsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

QwQ 32B-Preview

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (low)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
232 tok/s
TTFT
0.55s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
QwQ 32B-Preview
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Lower Latency
QwQ 32B-Preview
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-120B (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwQ 32B-Previewgpt-oss-120B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
QwQ 32B-Preview$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (low)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
QwQ 32B-Preview
gpt-oss-120B (low)
232 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
QwQ 32B-Preview
gpt-oss-120B (low)
0.55s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
15.224.5
Coding Index
15.5
Math Index
66.7
GPQA Diamond
55.7%67.2%
MMLU-Pro
64.8%77.5%
LiveCodeBench
33.7%70.7%
AIME 2025
66.7%
MATH-500
91.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.8%5.2%
SciCode
3.8%36.0%
IFBench
58.3%
TerminalBench
5.3%
QwQ 32B-Preview1 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, QwQ 32B-Preview or gpt-oss-120B (low)?

QwQ 32B-Preview is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (low).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for QwQ 32B-Preview. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (low) generates tokens faster at 232 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. QwQ 32B-Preview also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.55s).

When should I use QwQ 32B-Preview vs gpt-oss-120B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: QwQ 32B-Preview for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.