Compare/gpt-oss-20B (low) vs Ministral 3 14B

gpt-oss-20B (low)vsMinistral 3 14B

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

OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (low)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
321 tok/s
TTFT
0.46s
Mistral

Ministral 3 14B

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
125 tok/s
TTFT
0.28s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Lower Latency
Ministral 3 14B
Benchmarks (10-0)
gpt-oss-20B (low)

Pricing Comparison

Metricgpt-oss-20B (low)Ministral 3 14B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.06$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
gpt-oss-20B (low)$0.08
Ministral 3 14B$0.22

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
gpt-oss-20B (low)
321 tok/s
Ministral 3 14B
125 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
gpt-oss-20B (low)
0.46s
Ministral 3 14B
0.28s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
20.816.0
Coding Index
14.410.9
Math Index
62.330.0
GPQA Diamond
61.1%57.2%
MMLU-Pro
71.8%69.3%
LiveCodeBench
65.2%35.1%
AIME 2025
62.3%30.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.1%4.6%
SciCode
34.0%23.6%
IFBench
57.8%32.0%
TerminalBench
4.5%4.5%
gpt-oss-20B (low)10 wins
0 winsMinistral 3 14B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20B (low) or Ministral 3 14B?

gpt-oss-20B (low) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.09/M tokens vs $0.20/M for Ministral 3 14B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (low) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Ministral 3 14B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20B (low) generates tokens faster at 321 tok/s vs 125 tok/s. However, Ministral 3 14B has lower time-to-first-token (0.28s vs 0.46s).

When should I use gpt-oss-20B (low) vs Ministral 3 14B?

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