GPT-4o-mini vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

GPT-4o-mini at $0.172 in and $0.690 out and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct at $0.172 in and $0.690 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

0.14¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $0.690 out / 1M

128K context · released July 2024

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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Qwen

0.14¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $0.690 out / 1M

262K context · released October 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.28¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

GPT-4o-mini

0.07¢

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

0.07¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

GPT-4o-mini

0.14¢

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

0.14¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

GPT-4o-mini

needs 155K ctx

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

2.9¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

GPT-4o-mini

0.67¢

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

0.67¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

GPT-4o-mini

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

4.5¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

GPT-4o-mini

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

GPT-4o-mini

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.172

Output / 1M tokens

$0.690

Cached input / 1M

$0.086

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Specs

GPT-4o-mini

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Provider

OpenAI

Qwen

Released

July 2024

October 2025

Context window

128K

262K

Max output

16K

Input

Text, Images, and Files

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2023-10-31

2025-03-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

0.07¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Qwen

0.07¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.14¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 3,623 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 0.14¢ for a typical task each.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

GPT-4o-mini pricing →Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, GPT-4o-mini or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.14¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run GPT-4o-mini and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.28¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.28¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.