Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo is a language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 8 benchmarks. Notable strengths include DROP (70.2%), MMLU (69.8%), HumanEval (68.0%). The model is available through 2 API providers.

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.3% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (91.0%), AIME 2024 (80.4%), LiveBench (74.3%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

OpenAI

2023-03-21

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Alibaba

2025-04-29

2 years newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Input:$0.50
Output:$1.50
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

$1.60 cheaper
Input:$0.10
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Max Context:20.5K
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Larger context
Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:30.5B

Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Average Score:30.8%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+35.0%
Average Score:65.8%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

general
56.9%
code
+5.4%
68.0%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

general
+18.0%
74.9%
code
62.6%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-3.5 Turbo

2021-09-30

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

2 providers

Azure

Throughput: 90 tok/s
Latency: 0.8ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

3 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 82.57 tok/s
Latency: 0.84ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 122.4 tok/s
Latency: 0.66ms

Novita

Throughput: 88.84 tok/s
Latency: 0.73ms
OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Avg Score:30.8%
Providers:2
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+35.0%
Avg Score:65.8%
Providers:3