Compare/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct vs Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

Seed-OSS-36B-InstructvsQwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

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

ByteDance Seed

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Input
$0.21/M
Output
$0.57/M
Speed
36 tok/s
TTFT
1.56s
Alibaba

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

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

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (11-1)
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricSeed-OSS-36B-InstructQwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.21$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0.57$0.59
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct$0.27
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
36 tok/s
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
103 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
1.56s
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
1.09s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
25.214.5
Coding Index
16.7
Math Index
84.719.7
GPQA Diamond
72.6%53.5%
MMLU-Pro
81.5%72.7%
LiveCodeBench
76.5%28.8%
AIME 2025
84.7%19.7%
MATH-500
86.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
9.1%4.3%
SciCode
36.5%28.0%
IFBench
41.9%31.5%
TerminalBench
6.8%
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct11 wins
1 winsQwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct or Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)?

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.30/M for Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 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?

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 103 tok/s vs 36 tok/s. However, Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (1.09s vs 1.56s).

When should I use Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct vs Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.