Compare/INTELLECT-3 vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

INTELLECT-3vsgpt-oss-120B (high)

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

Prime Intellect

INTELLECT-3

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

gpt-oss-120B (high)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
236 tok/s
TTFT
0.50s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
INTELLECT-3
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
INTELLECT-3
Benchmarks (2-9)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricINTELLECT-3gpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
INTELLECT-3$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
INTELLECT-3
gpt-oss-120B (high)
236 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
INTELLECT-3
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.50s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
22.233.3
Coding Index
19.128.6
Math Index
88.093.4
GPQA Diamond
76.1%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
82.2%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%87.8%
AIME 2025
88.0%93.4%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
12.1%18.5%
SciCode
39.1%38.9%
IFBench
34.0%69.0%
TerminalBench
9.1%23.5%
INTELLECT-32 wins
9 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, INTELLECT-3 or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

INTELLECT-3 is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for INTELLECT-3. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (high) generates tokens faster at 236 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. INTELLECT-3 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.50s).

When should I use INTELLECT-3 vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: INTELLECT-3 for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.