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GPT-OSS-120b vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-OSS-120bQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.22 GPT-OSS-120b
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.19$1.00 GPT-OSS-120b
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.02 Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-120b is 82% cheaper overall.

GPT-OSS-120b Providers

DeepInfra $0.04 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.05
Chutes $0.05
Novita $0.05
NCompass $0.05

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Providers

Google $0.22 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.25
Novita $0.30
Vercel $0.40
Nebius $0.40

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-OSS-120b Wins
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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-OSS-120bQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
33.324.8
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
28.624.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
93.439.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.878.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
78.261.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
87.858.5
Aider
Real-world code editing
41.8--
AIME
Competition math
-47.7-
GPT-OSS-120b shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-OSS-120b
131,072
tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
262,144
tokens
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-OSS-120bQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)Winner
Tokens/second321.1 tok/s47.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.49s1.64s
GPT-OSS-120b responds 576% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-OSS-120bQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-OSS-120bQwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2025

GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper output pricing at $0.19/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 28.6, compared to Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)'s score of 24.6.
GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
GPT-OSS-120b does not support vision. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto) does not support vision.