Compare/Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) vs gpt-oss-20B (high)

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)vsgpt-oss-20B (high)

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

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)

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

gpt-oss-20B (high)

Input
$0.05/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
260 tok/s
TTFT
0.40s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Lower Latency
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
Benchmarks (8-4)
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)gpt-oss-20B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.05
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)$0.00
gpt-oss-20B (high)$0.07

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
260 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
0.40s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
30.324.5
Coding Index
46.718.5
Math Index
89.3
GPQA Diamond
83.6%68.8%
MMLU-Pro
85.8%74.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.8%77.7%
AIME 2025
89.3%
MATH-500
98.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
17.1%9.8%
SciCode
39.5%34.4%
IFBench
65.1%
TerminalBench
10.6%
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)8 wins
4 winsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) or gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) 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?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for gpt-oss-20B (high). 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 260 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.40s).

When should I use Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) vs gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) for lower cost, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.