Compare/Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs gpt-oss-20B (high)

Gemini 1.0 Ultravsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Gemini 1.0 Ultra

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (high)

Input
$0.05/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
256 tok/s
TTFT
0.34s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Lower Latency
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-20B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGemini 1.0 Ultragpt-oss-20B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.05
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Gemini 1.0 Ultra$0.00
gpt-oss-20B (high)$0.07

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
gpt-oss-20B (high)
256 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
gpt-oss-20B (high)
0.34s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
10.124.5
Coding Index
17.618.5
Math Index
89.3
GPQA Diamond
68.8%
MMLU-Pro
74.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%
AIME 2025
89.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
9.8%
SciCode
34.4%
IFBench
65.1%
TerminalBench
10.6%
Gemini 1.0 Ultra0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 1.0 Ultra or gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Gemini 1.0 Ultra is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.09/M for gpt-oss-20B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Gemini 1.0 Ultra. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20B (high) generates tokens faster at 256 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Gemini 1.0 Ultra also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.34s).

When should I use Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: Gemini 1.0 Ultra for lower cost, gpt-oss-20B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.