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GPT OSS 20B vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Qwen3 30B A3B grades higher overall (40.4 against 36.3). GPT OSS 20B costs 73% less for the same work.

GPT OSS 20B

by OpenAI · #58 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.030
Output / 1M
$0.14

Qwen3 30B A3B

by Qwen · #56 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
40K
Input / 1M
$0.12
Output / 1M
$0.50

Better overall

Qwen3 30B A3B

Grade 36.3 vs 40.4

Cheaper

GPT OSS 20B

73% less, $0.058 vs $0.21 blended

Larger context

GPT OSS 20B

128K vs 40K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 28, 2026
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 28, 2026
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Aug 5, 2025 · reference
Qwen3 30B A3BQwen3 30B A3B: —

GPT OSS 20BQwen3 30B A3Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

GPT OSS 20B$11.60 /month
Qwen3 30B A3B$44.00 /month

GPT OSS 20B saves you $32.40 a month at this usage, $389 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGPT OSS 20BQwen3 30B A3B
Made byOpenAIQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 36.3Good · 40.4
Overall rank#58 of 67#56 of 67
Input price$0.030 per 1M$0.12 per 1M
Output price$0.14 per 1M$0.50 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens40,960 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDgpt-oss-20bqwen3-30b-a3b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-oss-20b", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-30b-a3b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is GPT OSS 20B or Qwen3 30B A3B better?

Qwen3 30B A3B grades 40.4 against 36.3 for GPT OSS 20B, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, GPT OSS 20B or Qwen3 30B A3B?

GPT OSS 20B: $0.030 in and $0.14 out per million tokens, against $0.12 and $0.50 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

GPT OSS 20B, with 131,072 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.