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DeepSeek V3.1 vs GPT-OSS-120b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek V3.1 wins:

  • Supports tool calls

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
GPT-OSS-120b
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricDeepSeek V3.1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.15$0.04 GPT-OSS-120b
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.75$0.19 GPT-OSS-120b
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-120b is 74% cheaper overall.

DeepSeek V3.1 Providers

Chutes $0.20 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.21
SiliconFlow $0.27
Novita $0.27
AtlasCloud $0.30

GPT-OSS-120b Providers

Chutes $0.04 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.05
Novita $0.05
NCompass $0.05
Clarifai $0.09

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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DeepSeek V3.1 Wins
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GPT-OSS-120b Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
28.133.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
28.428.6-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
49.793.4
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
83.380.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
73.578.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
57.787.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
-41.8-
GPT-OSS-120b shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

DeepSeek V3.1
32,768
tokens
Max output: 7,168 tokens
GPT-OSS-120b
131,072
tokens
GPT-OSS-120b has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricDeepSeek V3.1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s301.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s0.51s
GPT-OSS-120b responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDeepSeek V3.1GPT-OSS-120b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDeepSeek V3.1GPT-OSS-120b
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Aug 2025

DeepSeek V3.1 Modalities

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GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper output pricing at $0.19/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 28.6, compared to DeepSeek V3.1's score of 28.4.
DeepSeek V3.1 has a 32,768 token context window, while GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window.
DeepSeek V3.1 does not support vision. GPT-OSS-120b does not support vision.