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Same-model provider benchmark

Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Nebius: LLM provider comparison

Compare Alibaba Cloud Int. and Nebius on 3 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Alibaba Cloud Int.

48 indexed models

Headquarters
Singapore
Server regions
SingaporeChina
Model types
45 text, 2 video, 1 transcription

Nebius

13 indexed models

Headquarters
Netherlands
Server regions
N/a
Model types
12 text, 1 embeddings

At a glance

Metric winners

There is no overall score. Each winner answers one specific question using only directly comparable data.

Fastest on shared models

1.31× typical advantage

3 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.2222 / 1M

3 exact models using a 1K-input/500-output mix

Most models available

48 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricAlibaba Cloud Int.Nebius
Typical 500-token response6.98 s13.68 s
Typical response start0.31 s0.52 s
Typical output speed75.0 tok/s38.0 tok/s
Blended token price$0.2557 / 1M$0.2222 / 1M
Typical route uptime99.97%99.27%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Alibaba Cloud Int.Nebius
500-token response by shared model

Estimated seconds using recent median response-start and output-speed data. Lower is better.

Alibaba Cloud Int. has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 3 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

USD per 1 million tokens using a 1,000-input/500-output mix. Lower is better.

Nebius has the lower typical price ratio across 3 priced shared models.

Shared text models

3 exact models · newest first

ModelAlibaba Cloud Int.Nebius

qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.26 / 1M
500-token response
5.16 s
Response starts
0.31 s
Output speed
103.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Nebius
Blended price
$0.1667 / 1M
500-token response
5.30 s
Response starts
0.30 s
Output speed
100.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.67%
Context
262.1K
Route
nebius/fp8
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.299 / 1M
500-token response
10.46 s
Response starts
0.46 s
Output speed
50.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.97%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Nebius
Blended price
$0.3333 / 1M
500-token response
13.68 s
Response starts
0.52 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.77%
Context
262.1K
Route
nebius/fp8
Qwen3 32BWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3-32b

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.208 / 1M
500-token response
6.98 s
Response starts
0.31 s
Output speed
75.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.85%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Nebius
Blended price
$0.1667 / 1M
500-token response
20.66 s
Response starts
0.66 s
Output speed
25.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.27%
Context
41K
Route
nebius/base

A per-model winner combines blended price and estimated 500-token response time with equal proportional weight. Ties and rows missing either measurement receive no badge. Comparison data calculated . Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.

Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Nebius analysis

How Alibaba Cloud Int. and Nebius compare for AI inference

Alibaba Cloud Int. and Nebius share 3 indexed text models, including Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507, Qwen3 32B. Alibaba Cloud Int. has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

3 shared models currently have complete response-start and output-speed measurements on both providers. The speed comparison uses per-model ratios before taking the median, so naturally faster model catalogs do not improve the result.

Token pricing on one workload

3 shared models have complete input and output prices on both providers. Prices use the same 1,000-input/500-output-token mix and are normalized to one million tokens for readability.

Catalog and deployment differences

Alibaba Cloud Int. has 48 indexed models and lists 2 published server regions; Nebius has 13 models and lists no regions. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.