Compare/Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)vsgpt-oss-120B (high)

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

Alibaba

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.59/M
Speed
103 tok/s
TTFT
1.09s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (high)

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

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)gpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0.59$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)$0.21
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
103 tok/s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
208 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
1.09s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.55s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
14.533.3
Coding Index
28.6
Math Index
19.793.4
GPQA Diamond
53.5%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
72.7%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
28.8%87.8%
AIME 2025
19.7%93.4%
MATH-500
86.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%18.5%
SciCode
28.0%38.9%
IFBench
31.5%69.0%
TerminalBench
23.5%
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)1 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (high) generates tokens faster at 208 tok/s vs 103 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-120B (high) has lower time-to-first-token (0.55s vs 1.09s).

When should I use Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.