OpenAIReleased on Aug 5, 2025

GPT OSS 20B: Benchmarks, Pricing & Size

GPT OSS 20B is a language model from OpenAI, released in August 2025.

The gpt-oss-20b model (technically 20.9B parameters) achieves near-parity with OpenAI o4-mini on core reasoning benchmarks, while running efficiently on a single 80 GB GPU. The gpt-oss-20b model delivers similar results to OpenAI o3‑mini

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GPT OSS 20B pricing

Providers

GPT OSS 20B starts at $0.0500 per million input tokens and $0.200 per million output tokens via Novita. See all 4 providers below with their per-token pricing, latency, throughput, and modality support.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MMax InputMax OutputLatency p95 sThroughput P95QuantInputOutput
Novita logoNovita
$0.0500$0.200131.1K32.8K
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Fireworks logoFireworks
$0.100$0.500131.0K30.0K
Groq logoGroq
$0.100$0.500131.0K30.0K
0.38
1000 c/s
OpenAI logoOpenAI
$0.100$0.500131.1K131.1K
5.20
115 c/s
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GPT OSS 20B model size

GPT OSS 20B has 20.9 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

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20.9B
Medium (10–30B)
20.9B
1B7B70B405B

GPT OSS 20B API

API access coming soon

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GPT OSS 20B examples

Recent arena outputs from GPT OSS 20B, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

GPT OSS 20B license

GPT OSS 20B is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial use, has 20.9B parameters.

License
Apache 2.0
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
20.9B

Apache License 2.0 - allows commercial use

FAQ

Common questions about GPT OSS 20B.

When was GPT OSS 20B released?

GPT OSS 20B was released on August 5, 2025 by OpenAI. This is the official GPT OSS 20B release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is GPT OSS 20B?

GPT OSS 20B has 20.9 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created GPT OSS 20B?

GPT OSS 20B was created by OpenAI.

What is the license for GPT OSS 20B?

GPT OSS 20B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where can I use GPT OSS 20B?

GPT OSS 20B is available through 4 providers including Novita, Fireworks, Groq, and 1 more.

Where is the GPT OSS 20B paper or technical report?

GPT OSS 20B has a paper or technical report available at https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/419b6906-9da6-406c-a19d-1bb078ac7637/oai_gpt-oss_model_card.pdf. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.