Models

gpt-oss-20b vs gpt-oss-20b-free

Context lengths are 128,000 tokens on gpt-oss-20b and 131,072 tokens on gpt-oss-20b-free.

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gpt-oss-20b
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gpt-oss-20b is a 21-billion parameter open-weight model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2.0 license. Its core feature is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture that uses only 3.6B active parameters, enabling low-latency inference and deployment on consumer GPUs. The model also supports fine-tuning, function calling, tool use, and structured outputs.

Input$0.11 /M
Output$0.55 /M
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gpt-oss-20b-free
OpenAI · text → text

Developed by OpenAI, gpt-oss-20b-free is an open-weight 21B parameter model released under the Apache 2.0 license. This model utilizes a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 3.6B active parameters per forward pass. It supports an expansive context window of up to 131,072 tokens, making it well-suited for long-context tasks.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

gpt-oss-20b
gpt-oss-20b-free
Input /M
$0.11
$0.00
Output /M
$0.55
$0.00
Cache read /M
$0.11
$0.00
Context length
128,000
131,072
Max output
128,000
0
Time to First Token
0.1 s
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Throughput
2619.0 tok/s
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Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
reasoningtool callinglong context
API Formats
chat_completions

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Activity Past 30 Days

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Performance Past 3 Days

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Cost calculator

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gpt-oss-20b-free
$0.00 /mo
gpt-oss-20b
$14.85 /mo

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FAQ

How large is each context window?

gpt-oss-20b accepts 128,000 and gpt-oss-20b-free accepts 131,072 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

gpt-oss-20b accepts text input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs; gpt-oss-20b-free accepts text input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context.

Can I call gpt-oss-20b and gpt-oss-20b-free with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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