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R1 vs GPT-OSS-120b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
R1
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.70$0.04 GPT-OSS-120b
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.40$0.19 GPT-OSS-120b
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-120b is 93% cheaper overall.

R1 Providers

Chutes $0.30 (Cheapest)
Vercel $0.55
Novita $0.70
DeepInfra $1.00
Azure $1.49

GPT-OSS-120b Providers

GMICloud $0.02 (Cheapest)
Chutes $0.04
OpenRouter $0.04
SiliconFlow $0.05
NCompass $0.05

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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R1 Wins
5
GPT-OSS-120b Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.732.9
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.727.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
68.093.4
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.480.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.878.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
61.787.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
64.041.8
AIME
Competition math
68.3--
GPT-OSS-120b significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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R1
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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1
163,840
tokens
Max output: 163,840 tokens
GPT-OSS-120b
131,072
tokens
R1 has a 20% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1GPT-OSS-120bWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s337.9 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s0.42s
GPT-OSS-120b responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1GPT-OSS-120b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1GPT-OSS-120b
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2025Aug 2025

R1 Modalities

Input
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Output
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GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

Input
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Output
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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 27.6, compared to R1's score of 15.7.
R1 has a 163,840 token context window, while GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window.
R1 does not support vision. GPT-OSS-120b does not support vision.