The honest, $0-markup cost to run Qwen3-32B (Alibaba, 32.8B) and Yi-1.5-34B-Chat (01.AI, 34.4B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| Qwen3-32B | Yi-1.5-34B-Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 32.8B | 34.4B |
| Context window | ✓ 41K | 4.1K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~25 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~25 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $0.18/hr | $0.18/hr |
| Your API key | ✓ $0.18/1M | $0.38/1M (est.) |
VRAM, size, context and license are facts from the catalog and the shared cost engine; API prices are real where we have them (labeled "est." otherwise). We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.
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