gpt-oss-20b
OPENAI Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1050Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.17Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
gpt-oss-20b is an open-weight 21B parameter model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2.0 license. It uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 3.6B active parameters per forward pass, optimized for lower-latency inference and deployability on consumer or single-GPU hardware. The model is trained in OpenAI’s Harmony response format and supports reasoning level configuration, fine-tuning, and agentic capabilities including function calling, tool use, and structured outputs.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.03 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.14 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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