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gpt-oss-safeguard-20b vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b wins:

  • Larger context window

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context Window
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

Metricgpt-oss-safeguard-20bQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.07$0.04 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.30$0.10 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$37000.00N/A gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 58% cheaper overall.

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b Providers

Groq $0.07 (Cheapest)

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

Phala $0.04 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.04 (Cheapest)
Together $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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gpt-oss-safeguard-20b Wins
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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

Benchmarkgpt-oss-safeguard-20bQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-35.2-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-36.5-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-5.5-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-34.9-
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
131,072
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
32,768
tokens
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

Featuregpt-oss-safeguard-20bQwen2.5 7B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

Propertygpt-oss-safeguard-20bQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedOct 2025Oct 2024

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's score of N/A.
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b does not support vision. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision.