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GPT-5 Nano vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 Nano wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
GPT-5 Nano
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Nano
Context Window
GPT-5 Nano
Speed
GPT-5 Nano

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5 NanoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.05$0.05 GPT-5 Nano
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.34 Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Cache Read (per 1M)$5000.00N/A GPT-5 Nano
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is 10% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Nano Providers

OpenAI $0.05 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.05 (Cheapest)

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 Providers

Cloudflare $0.05 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.08
SiliconFlow $0.09
Nebius $0.10
Alibaba $0.20

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
26.7--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
20.3--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
83.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
78.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.6--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
78.9--
GPT-5 Nano significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5 Nano
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
32,768
tokens
GPT-5 Nano has a 92% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5 NanoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Tokens/second118.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token122.66sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5 NanoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5 NanoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Aug 2025

GPT-5 Nano Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Nano has cheaper input pricing at $0.05/M tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 has cheaper output pricing at $0.34/M tokens.
GPT-5 Nano scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 20.3, compared to Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507's score of N/A.
GPT-5 Nano has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 has a 32,768 token context window.
GPT-5 Nano supports vision. Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 does not support vision.