Compare/gpt-oss-20B (high) vs Olmo 3 7B Instruct

gpt-oss-20B (high)vsOlmo 3 7B Instruct

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

OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (high)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
316 tok/s
TTFT
0.41s
Allen Institute for AI

Olmo 3 7B Instruct

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
TTFT

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Lower Latency
Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Benchmarks (11-0)
gpt-oss-20B (high)

Pricing Comparison

Metricgpt-oss-20B (high)Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.06$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
gpt-oss-20B (high)$0.08
Olmo 3 7B Instruct$0.12

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
gpt-oss-20B (high)
316 tok/s
Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
gpt-oss-20B (high)
0.41s
Olmo 3 7B Instruct

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.58.2
Coding Index
18.53.4
Math Index
89.341.3
GPQA Diamond
68.8%40.0%
MMLU-Pro
74.8%52.2%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%26.6%
AIME 2025
89.3%41.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
9.8%5.8%
SciCode
34.4%10.3%
IFBench
65.1%32.8%
TerminalBench
10.6%0.0%
gpt-oss-20B (high)11 wins
0 winsOlmo 3 7B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20B (high) or Olmo 3 7B Instruct?

gpt-oss-20B (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.09/M tokens vs $0.13/M for Olmo 3 7B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Olmo 3 7B Instruct. 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 316 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. However, Olmo 3 7B Instruct has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.41s).

When should I use gpt-oss-20B (high) vs Olmo 3 7B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-20B (high) 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.