Mistral Small 3 is 1.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). gpt-oss-20b has the larger context window (131,072 vs 32,768 tokens, 4.0×).
Mistral Small 3 vs gpt-oss-20b
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Mistral · mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501
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OpenAI · openai__gpt-oss-20b
Identity
| Field | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | OpenAI |
| Slug | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 | openai/gpt-oss-20b |
Quality
| Field | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | — |
Cost
| Field | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.03 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | $0.03 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $0.08 | $0.13 |
Context
| Field | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | 117,964 |
Modalities
| Field | mistralai__mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 | openai__gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text | text |
| Output | text | text |