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GPT-5.4 Nano vs Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

List-price comparison ·GPT-5.4 Nano details ·Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), GPT-5.4 Nano is the cheapest — 30% less than the priciest here ($74.00/mo vs $105.60/mo).

 GPT-5.4 NanoQwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Input / 1M tokens$0.200$0.180
Output / 1M tokens$1.25$2.10
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0007$0.0011
Context window400k tokens131,072 tokens
Max output128k tokens32,768 tokens
Quality score62/10068/100
TierFlashFlash
ProviderOpenAIQwen

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moGPT-5.4 NanoQwen3 VL 8B Thinking
1,000$0.74$1.06
10,000$7.40$10.56
100,000$74.00$105.60
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GPT-5.4 Nano

Cheapest OpenAI option for high-throughput classification, tagging, and routing — ideal as a first-pass filter before a stronger model.

Limited reasoning depth means it should be treated as a triage layer, not a final answer source, for anything business-critical.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

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