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Updated Aug 2025

GPT OSS 120BvsQwen3 30B A3B

GPT OSS 120B wins 93% of 38 blind community votes against Qwen3 30B A3B on Rival.

GPT OSS 120B and Qwen3 30B A3B compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGPT OSS 120BQwen3 30B A3B
Win rate93%7%
Input price$0.18/M tokensFree
Output price$0.8/M tokensFree
Context window131K tokens41K tokens
Parameters117B (5.1B active)30.5B (3.3B Active MoE)
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Apr 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT OSS 120B373 words
Recipe: “Golden Crunchy Chick‑a‑Boom Bites” A quick, crunchy‑savory snack that’s ready in under 20 minutes – perfect for a snack, side, or salad topper. Ingredients (7 pantry staples) # Ingredient Quantity 1 Canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) 1 ½ cups (≈1 ½ cans) 2 Olive oil (or any neutral oil) 2 Tbsp 3 Garlic powder…
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Qwen3 30B A3B141 words
Recipe Name: Cinnamon Sugar Crusted Banana Bread Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas (mashed) 1/3 cup butter (softened) 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon Instructions: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 8x4-inch loaf pan. In a bowl, mash bananas.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GPT OSS 120B953 words
Disclaimer: The following is a fictional interview. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, and the conversation below is a creative, speculative reconstruction meant for entertainment and thought‑exercise purposes only. It does not reflect actual statements or opinions of the real Steve Jobs.
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Qwen3 30B A3B653 words
Fake Interview with Steve Jobs in 2025: The Future of AI Interviewer: [Name], Tech Visionary Reporter *Location: A sleek, minimalist studio with a backdrop of a glowing Apple logo. The air hums with the quiet e nergy of innovation.* Interviewer: Mr. Jobs, it's an honor to speak with you.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GPT OSS 120B544 words
[Spotlight comes up. The comic walks to the mic, glances at the audience, and smiles.] Comic: Hey, everyone—great to be here. I just got off a Zoom call that was supposed to be a “quick sync,” which in corporate speak means “we’ll spend three hours arguing about who gets to use the same PowerPoint template.”
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Qwen3 30B A3B446 words
Stand-Up Comedy Routine: \"The Modern Paradox\" Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm doing great—except I just realized I haven't laughed in weeks. Wait, no, t hat's just my phone's battery dying again. Again? What's next, my coffee mug refusing to heat up?
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT OSS 120B316 words
Pirate: Arr! I hear ye speak of these “AI models” – like a fleet of invisible ships sailing the digital seas. Do they take booty, or just spout riddles like a cursed parrot? Knight: Good sir, the notion of a thinking contraption doth sound like sorcery.
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Qwen3 30B A3B319 words
Pirate: "Avast, matey! What be this ‘AI’ ye speak of? A ghost ship o’ code, or a treasure map in a bottle?" Medieval Knight: "Thou dost speak of sorcery, lout! A mechanical beast, perhaps? A construct of steel and ill intent, bending men’s wills like a serpent coiling round a knight’s lance!"
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

GPT OSS 120B1,347 words
Short answer: Most ethical frameworks would treat the deliberate misgendering of a person as a serious moral wrong, but a very small subset of consequentialist (especially utilitarian) reasoning could argue that, in an extreme, life‑or‑death scenario where the only way to save a million lives involves misgendering…
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Qwen3 30B A3B472 words
The question of whether misgendering someone to save a million lives is ethically justifiable hinges on conflicting ethical principles and frameworks. Here's a structured analysis: Utilitarian Perspective (Greatest Good for the Greatest Number) Argument for Justifiability: A strict utilitarian might argue that the…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GPT OSS 120B2,328 words
Executive Summary The situation is a classic “patient‑safety‑first” crisis. The drug generates $2 B in revenue, but a life‑threatening adverse event (1 / 8 000 over 5 y) has been identified that was not disclosed in the label.
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Qwen3 30B A3B857 words
Hour-by-Hour Action Plan for the CEO (Next 48 Hours) Objective: Balance ethical obligations, legal risks, financial stability, and regulatory compliance while preparing for the board meeting and earnings call.
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Our Verdict
GPT OSS 120B
GPT OSS 120BWinner
Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen3 30B A3BRunner-up

Pick GPT OSS 120B. In 38 blind votes, GPT OSS 120B wins 93% of the time. That's not luck.

GPT OSS 120B wins 3 categories, Web Design by the widest margin.

Clear winner

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT OSS 120B
Input
$0.18
Output
$0.80
Qwen3 30B A3B
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

22 hosts, cheapest first

GPT OSS 120B20 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
AAkashMLbf16$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·100% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.8% upDDekaLLMbf16$0.03 in·$0.18 out·131k·99.8% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.04 in·$0.17 out·131k·98.7% upCCrusoebf16$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·98.8% upMMancerfp8$0.05 in·$0.30 out·131k·97.7% up
14 more hostsFewer hosts
DDigitalOcean$0.06 in·$0.42 out·128k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.09 in·$0.36 out·131k·93.2% upBBasetenfp4$0.10 in·$0.50 out·128k·100% upPParasailfp4$0.10 in·$0.75 out·131k·97.9% upAmazon Bedrock$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·87.7% upGroq$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·53% upTTogether$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·92% upCCerebrasfp16$0.35 in·$0.75 out·131k·100% upNNovitafp4degraded$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·61.2% upSSambaNovadegraded$0.14 in·$0.95 out·131k·97.1% upNNebiusfp4degraded$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·97.9% upPPhaladegraded$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·63.6% upMMaradegraded$0.15 in·$0.75 out·131k·83.8% up
Qwen3 30B A3B2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.12 in·$0.50 out·41k·100% upAlibaba Cloud$0.13 in·$0.52 out·131k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
69%

Qwen3 30B A3B uses 2.8x more emoji

GPT OSS 120B
Qwen3 30B A3B
52%Vocabulary56%
19wSentence Length17w
0.28Hedging0.67
7.4Bold6.9
1.8Lists3.9
0.15Emoji0.43
0.73Headings0.87
0.17Transitions0.14
Based on 21 + 28 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

GPT OSS 120B is developed by OpenAI while Qwen3 30B A3B is developed by Qwen. GPT OSS 120B has a 131K token context window vs Qwen3 30B A3B's 41K. in 38 community votes on Rival, GPT OSS 120B wins 93% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 54 challenges.

Based on 38 community votes on Rival, GPT OSS 120B wins 93% of head-to-head matchups against Qwen3 30B A3B. GPT OSS 120B is strongest in Image Generation, Web Design, Reasoning.

GPT OSS 120B costs $0.18/M input tokens and Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0/M input tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B is $0.18/M cheaper per input. The more expensive model wins 93% of duels, so the premium may be justified by quality.

Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 38 votes have been collected for this pair across 54 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.

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