gpt-oss-20b
OpenAI · openai/gpt-oss-20b
gpt-oss-20b is an open-weight 21B parameter model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2.0 license. It uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 3.6B active parameters per forward pass, optimized for...
gpt-oss-20b ranks #61 of 348 models in the default AI Benchmark Hub order (quality first, then cost). At $0.08 blended per million tokens, it is cheaper than 94% of models with published API pricing. Its 131,072-token context window is 2.0× smaller than the catalog median (262,144 tokens).
Context
Max output: 117964
Pricing
Output / 1M: 0.13
Blend / 1M: 0.08
Quality
Provider
Moderated: no
Monthly cost at this blended rate
Estimated API spend if every token is billed at $0.08per million (the blend of this model's input and output prices). Real bills depend on the input/output mix.
| Tokens / month | Est. cost (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 | $0.08 |
| 10,000,000 | $0.80 |
| 100,000,000 | $8.00 |
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