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GPT-5 vs GPT-OSS-20b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls

GPT-OSS-20b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-20b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
GPT-5
Speed
GPT-OSS-20b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-OSS-20bWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$0.02 GPT-OSS-20b
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$0.10 GPT-OSS-20b
Cache Read (per 1M)$125000.00N/A GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-20b is 99% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

GPT-OSS-20b Providers

GMICloud $0.02 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.03
Parasail $0.04
Phala $0.04
SiliconFlow $0.04

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5 Wins
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GPT-OSS-20b Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5GPT-OSS-20bWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
44.124.7
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
34.618.1
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
94.389.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.174.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
85.468.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
84.677.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
88.0--
AIME
Competition math
95.7--
GPT-5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-OSS-20b
131,072
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
GPT-5 has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5GPT-OSS-20bWinner
Tokens/second115.8 tok/s309.0 tok/s
Time to First Token100.46s0.51s
GPT-OSS-20b responds 167% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5GPT-OSS-20b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5GPT-OSS-20b
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Aug 2025

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
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 $0.02/M tokens. GPT-OSS-20b has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 34.6, compared to GPT-OSS-20b's score of 18.1.
GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-OSS-20b has a 131,072 token context window.
GPT-5 supports vision. GPT-OSS-20b does not support vision.