DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking
DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking: Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking is cheaper by 7% on average. DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus from Novita AI (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking from Novita AI (65,536-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
0131,072
400
032,768
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking is 6% cheaper than DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus — a savings of $10.96/month ($131/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: qwen-qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-thinking
provider: novita-ai
fallback:
model: deepseek-deepseek-v3-1-terminus
provider: novita-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | Qwen Qwen3 Omni 30B A3b Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.270/M | $0.250/M |
| Output price | $1.00/M | $0.970/M |
| Context window | 131,072 | 65,536 |
| Max output | 32,768 | 16,384 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | — | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |