gpt-oss-20B (high) vs gpt-oss-20B (low)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · OpenAI

Most Affordable
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gpt-oss-20B (high)
$0.07/1M
Highest Intelligence
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gpt-oss-20B (high)
68.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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gpt-oss-20B (high)
40.7 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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gpt-oss-20B (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
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gpt-oss-20B (low)

0

No clear wins

Metric
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.07/1M $0.07/1M
Output Cost $0.20/1M $0.20/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.10/1M $0.10/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
OpenAI OpenAI
Release Date Launch date
Aug 5, 2025 Aug 5, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
236.2 tok/s 235.0 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
586ms 615ms
Latency Time to first answer token
9054ms 9125ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
52.4 44.3
Coding Index Programming ability
40.7 34.5
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
89.3 62.3
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
68.8% 61.1%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
74.8% 71.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
9.8% 5.1%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
77.7% 65.2%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
89.3% 62.3%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
34.4% 34.0%
LCR Code review capability
34.3% 31.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
65.1% 57.8%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
60.2% 50.3%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
9.9% 4.3%

Key Takeaways

gpt-oss-20B (high) offers the best value at $0.07/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

gpt-oss-20B (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 68.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

gpt-oss-20B (high) achieves a 40.7 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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gpt-oss-20B (high)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development
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gpt-oss-20B (low)

  • General-purpose AI
  • Versatile applications

Cost Calculator

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Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.