Quality
Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side
Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.
| Metric | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Known Good Index | 61 | 78 |
| Mathematics Index | 89 | 91 |
| Agentic Index | 18 | 51 |
| Openness Index | 60 | 5 |
Quality Breakdown
Every evaluation both models report a published score for
Bar = OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b · marker = Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)
Right-hand figures read OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b / Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus. OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b leads on 0 of 2, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus on 2.
Arena Elo
Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes
Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.
| Metric | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Text Arena | 1,366 | 1,437 |
| Text Arena (style controlled) | 1,352 | 1,443 |
Price & Cost
Published API pricing by token type
USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.
| Metric | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | $0.04 | $0.33 |
| Output $/1M | $0.17 | $1.95 |
| Blended $/1M | $0.07 | $0.73 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.015 | $0.050 |
Context Window
Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted
Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.
| Metric | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 131k | 1.00M |
| Max output tokens | 131k | 66k |
Speed & Latency
Median throughput and time to first token across hosting providers
Medians across all tracked providers, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.
| Metric | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Output tokens/s | 145 | 52 |
| Time to first token | 0.9s | 1.0s |
Providers
Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed
| Provider | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b blended | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b tok/s | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus blended | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebras | $0.45 | 501 | — | — |
| SambaNova | $0.34 | 367 | — | — |
| Groq | $0.26 | 352 | — | — |
| Amazon Bedrock · first party | $0.26 | 342 | — | — |
| Nebius | $0.26 | 231 | — | — |
| DeepInfra | $0.07 | 196 | — | — |
| Google · first party | $0.16 | 177 | — | — |
| BaseTen | $0.20 | 171 | — | — |
| Mara | $0.30 | 146 | — | — |
| Together | $0.26 | 114 | — | — |
| Parasail | $0.26 | 101 | — | — |
| Phala | $0.26 | 82 | — | — |
| Novita | $0.10 | 64 | — | — |
| Mancer 2 | $0.17 | 40 | — | — |
| CoreWeave | $0.07 | 32 | — | — |
| DigitalOcean | $0.17 | 22 | — | — |
| SiliconFlow | $0.15 | 12 | — | — |
| Alibaba · first party | — | — | $0.73 | 39 |
Per-host pricing and telemetry from OpenRouter. A dash means that host does not serve that model.