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
Novita AI
$184/mo
Input $0.270/M · Output $1.00/M
Novita AI
$173/mo
Input $0.250/M · Output $0.970/M
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
Cheaper option
~7% cheaper than DeepSeek DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Larger context
131,072 tokens
More capabilities
5 of 6 capability flags advertised