gpt-oss-120b vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run gpt-oss-120b (OpenAI, 117B) and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen, 30.5B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.

gpt-oss-120b vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct — cost comparison

gpt-oss-120bQwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Parameters117B30.5B
Context window131.1K262.1K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run~80 GB (Q4_K_M)~22 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU$0.98/hr$0.26/hr
Your API key$0.11/1M$0.34/1M (est.)

Which should you pick?

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