gpt-oss-120b vs Qwen3-235B-A22B: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run gpt-oss-120b (OpenAI, 117B) and Qwen3-235B-A22B (Alibaba, 235B), 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 Qwen3-235B-A22B — cost comparison

gpt-oss-120bQwen3-235B-A22B
Parameters117B235B
Context window131.1K41K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run~80 GB (Q4_K_M)~160 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU$0.98/hr$1.96/hr
Your API key$0.11/1M$1.14/1M

Which should you pick?

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