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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview vs Qwen3 30B A3B
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Model
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Qwen3 30B A3B has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.
Qwen3 30B A3B has 0% more context capacity (129K vs 128K tokens). Qwen3 30B A3B is 46% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Qwen3 30B A3B. Its 129K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Qwen3 30B A3B. Input tokens are 46% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview | Qwen3 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 129,024 tokens (129K) |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 tokens (16K) | 16,384 tokens (16K) |
| Speed tier | Fast | Fast |
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Release date | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview in | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview out | Qwen3 30B A3B in | Qwen3 30B A3B out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | — | — | — | — |
| Deepinfra | — | — | $0.080/M | $0.290/M |
| Fireworks | — | — | $0.150/M | $0.600/M |
| Nebius | — | — | $0.100/M | $0.300/M |
| Openai | $0.150/M | $0.600/M | — | — |
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