OpenAI GPT Oss 120B vs Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507

OpenAI GPT Oss 120B vs Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507: Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 is cheaper by 27% on average. OpenAI GPT Oss 120B from Groq (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 from OpenRouter (262,144-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
0262,144
400
0200,000
5,000
01,000,000
Groq
$105/mo
Input $0.150/M · Output $0.600/M
OpenRouter
$86.75/mo
Input $0.110/M · Output $0.600/M
At this workload, Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 is 17% cheaper than OpenAI GPT Oss 120B — a savings of $18.26/month ($219/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: qwen-qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507
  provider: openrouter
fallback:
  model: openai-gpt-oss-120b
  provider: groq
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
OpenAI GPT Oss 120B Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507
Input price $0.150/M $0.110/M
Output price $0.600/M $0.600/M
Context window 131,072 262,144
Max output 32,766 262,144
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
~27% cheaper than OpenAI GPT Oss 120B
Larger context
262,144 tokens
More capabilities
3 of 6 capability flags advertised