Compare/Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructvsgpt-oss-120B (high)

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

Alibaba

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
123 tok/s
TTFT
1.13s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (high)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
240 tok/s
TTFT
0.56s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructgpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct$0.26
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
123 tok/s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
240 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
1.13s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.56s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.033.3
Coding Index
14.328.6
Math Index
72.393.4
GPQA Diamond
69.5%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
76.4%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
47.6%87.8%
AIME 2025
72.3%93.4%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
6.4%18.5%
SciCode
30.8%38.9%
IFBench
33.1%69.0%
TerminalBench
6.1%23.5%
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

gpt-oss-120B (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.30/M for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct. 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 240 tok/s vs 123 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-120B (high) has lower time-to-first-token (0.56s vs 1.13s).

When should I use Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-120B (high) 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.