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Ministral 3B vs GPT-OSS-120b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Ministral 3B wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Ministral 3B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
GPT-OSS-120b
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMinistral 3BGPT-OSS-120bWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.04 GPT-OSS-120b
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.10 Ministral 3B
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.03 GPT-OSS-120b
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Ministral 3B is 26% cheaper overall.

Ministral 3B Providers

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GPT-OSS-120b Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Ministral 3B Wins
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GPT-OSS-120b Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMinistral 3BGPT-OSS-120bWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
11.224.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
4.815.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
22.066.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
52.477.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
35.867.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
24.770.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
-41.8-
GPT-OSS-120b significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Ministral 3B
128,000
tokens
GPT-OSS-120b
131,072
tokens
GPT-OSS-120b has a 2% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMinistral 3BGPT-OSS-120bWinner
Tokens/second272.5 tok/s291.4 tok/s
Time to First Token0.26s0.47s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMinistral 3BGPT-OSS-120b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMinistral 3BGPT-OSS-120b
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMistral AIOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownAug 2025

Ministral 3B Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Ministral 3B has cheaper output pricing at $0.04/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.5, compared to Ministral 3B's score of 4.8.
Ministral 3B has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window.
Ministral 3B does not support vision. GPT-OSS-120b supports vision.