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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs GPT-OSS-20b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash wins:

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

GPT-OSS-20b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-20b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-20b
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Speed
GPT-OSS-20b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-OSS-20bWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.30$0.03 GPT-OSS-20b
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.50$0.14 GPT-OSS-20b
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.03N/A Gemini 2.5 Flash
Cache Write (per 1M)$0.08N/A Gemini 2.5 Flash
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-20b is 93% cheaper overall.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Providers

Vercel $0.30 (Cheapest)
Google AI Studio $0.30 (Cheapest)
Google $0.30 (Cheapest)

GPT-OSS-20b Providers

DeepInfra $0.03 (Cheapest)
Parasail $0.04
Novita $0.04
NCompass $0.04
Clarifai $0.04

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Wins
5
GPT-OSS-20b Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-OSS-20bWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
21.124.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
17.818.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
60.389.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.974.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
68.368.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
49.577.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
55.1--
AIME
Competition math
50.0--
GPT-OSS-20b shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Flash
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,535 tokens
GPT-OSS-20b
131,072
tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-OSS-20bWinner
Tokens/second246.2 tok/s293.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.47s0.51s
GPT-OSS-20b responds 19% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-OSS-20b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-OSS-20b
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJun 2025Aug 2025

Gemini 2.5 Flash Modalities

Input
fileimagetextaudiovideo
Output
text

GPT-OSS-20b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-OSS-20b has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. GPT-OSS-20b has cheaper output pricing at $0.14/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.5, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash's score of 17.8.
Gemini 2.5 Flash has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-OSS-20b has a 131,072 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Flash supports vision. GPT-OSS-20b does not support vision.