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gpt-oss-20b (free)OPEN
gpt-oss-20b (free) (OpenAI): live API pricing, context window and the best open-source alternatives, tracked daily by olud.ai.
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Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for gpt-oss-20b (free), measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: high.
For the same budget, gpt-oss-20b (free) delivers 26 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
About this model
gpt-oss-20b (free) is an open-weight AI model by OpenAI. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is gpt-oss-20b (free)?
gpt-oss-20b (free) is an AI language model from OpenAI. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 14.9 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is gpt-oss-20b (free) free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host gpt-oss-20b (free) and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are Free per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens.
What is gpt-oss-20b (free) good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 68.8%, MMLU-Pro 74.8%, Humanity's Last Exam 9.8%, Long Context Reasoning 30.7%, LiveCodeBench 77.7%, SciCode 34.4%, AIME 2025 89.3%, IFBench 65.1%, τ²-Bench 60.2%, τ-Bench Banking 7%, Terminal-Bench 13.9%, Terminal-Bench Hard 10.6%. It is particularly used for code generation.
How fast is gpt-oss-20b (free)?
It generates about 167.5 tokens per second, with a median 0.47s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.
Can I self-host gpt-oss-20b (free)?
Yes. gpt-oss-20b (free) has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.