GPT-4.1 Nano vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Compare GPT-4.1 Nano by OpenAI against Qwen3 30B A3B by Qwen, in 13 community votes, gpt-4.1 nano wins 58% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 41K, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, GPT-4.1 Nano or Qwen3 30B A3B?
GPT-4.1 Nano is the better choice overall, winning 58% of 13 blind community votes on Rival. GPT-4.1 Nano costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. Context windows: 1048K vs 41K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between GPT-4.1 Nano and Qwen3 30B A3B
GPT-4.1 Nano is made by openai while Qwen3 30B A3B is from qwen. GPT-4.1 Nano has a 1048K token context window compared to Qwen3 30B A3B's 41K. On pricing, GPT-4.1 Nano costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. In community voting, In 13 community votes, GPT-4.1 Nano wins 58% of head-to-head duels.
In 13 community votes, GPT-4.1 Nano wins 58% of head-to-head duels. GPT-4.1 Nano leads in Image Generation, while Qwen3 30B A3B leads in Analysis. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 13+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Pick GPT-4.1 Nano. In 13 blind votes, GPT-4.1 Nano wins 58% of the time. That's not luck.
Pick GPT-4.1 Nano for Image Generation. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for Analysis.
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