gpt-oss-20b is 17.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). MiniMax M1 has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 131,072 tokens, 7.6×). gpt-oss-20b is open-weights; the other is not.

MiniMax M1 vs gpt-oss-20b

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MiniMax M1

Minimax · minimax__minimax-m1

gpt-oss-20bopen

OpenAI · openai__gpt-oss-20b

Identity

Fieldminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
ProviderMinimaxOpenAI
Slugminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
Statuslivelive
Open weightsNoYes
License——
HuggingFace—openai/gpt-oss-20b

Quality

Fieldminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
Quality index (0–100)——

Cost

Fieldminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
Input $ / 1M tokens$0.55$0.03
Cached input $ / 1M—$0.03
Output $ / 1M tokens$2.20$0.13

Context

Fieldminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
Max context tokens1,000,000131,072
Max output tokens40,000117,964

Modalities

Fieldminimax__minimax-m1openai__gpt-oss-20b
Inputtexttext
Outputtexttext