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GPT-OSS-20b vs Qwen3 8B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-OSS-20b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Qwen3 8B wins:

  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-20b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-20b
Context Window
GPT-OSS-20b
Speed
GPT-OSS-20b

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-OSS-20bQwen3 8BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.02$0.05 GPT-OSS-20b
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.25 GPT-OSS-20b
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-OSS-20b is 60% cheaper overall.

GPT-OSS-20b Providers

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

Qwen3 8B Providers

Novita $0.04 (Cheapest)
Fireworks $0.20
OpenRouter $N/A

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-OSS-20b Wins
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Qwen3 8B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-OSS-20bQwen3 8BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
24.710.8
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
18.17.0
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
89.324.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
74.864.3
GPQA
Graduate-level science
68.845.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
77.720.2
AIME
Competition math
-24.3-
GPT-OSS-20b significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-OSS-20b
131,072
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
Qwen3 8B
32,000
tokens
Max output: 8,192 tokens
GPT-OSS-20b has a 76% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-OSS-20bQwen3 8BWinner
Tokens/second309.0 tok/s76.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.51s0.96s
GPT-OSS-20b responds 305% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-OSS-20bQwen3 8B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-OSS-20bQwen3 8B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedAug 2025Apr 2025

GPT-OSS-20b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3 8B 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-OSS-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.1, compared to Qwen3 8B's score of 7.0.
GPT-OSS-20b has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen3 8B has a 32,000 token context window.
GPT-OSS-20b does not support vision. Qwen3 8B does not support vision.