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

INTELLECT-3vsgpt-oss-20B (low)

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-20B (low)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
280 tok/s
TTFT
0.45s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
INTELLECT-3
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Lower Latency
INTELLECT-3
Benchmarks (10-1)
INTELLECT-3

Pricing Comparison

MetricINTELLECT-3gpt-oss-20B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
INTELLECT-3$0.00
gpt-oss-20B (low)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
INTELLECT-3
gpt-oss-20B (low)
280 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
INTELLECT-3
gpt-oss-20B (low)
0.45s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
22.220.8
Coding Index
19.114.4
Math Index
88.062.3
GPQA Diamond
76.1%61.1%
MMLU-Pro
82.2%71.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%65.2%
AIME 2025
88.0%62.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
12.1%5.1%
SciCode
39.1%34.0%
IFBench
34.0%57.8%
TerminalBench
9.1%4.5%
INTELLECT-310 wins
1 winsgpt-oss-20B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

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

INTELLECT-3 is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.10/M for gpt-oss-20B (low).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

INTELLECT-3 wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for gpt-oss-20B (low). 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 280 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. INTELLECT-3 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.45s).

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

Choose based on your priorities: INTELLECT-3 for lower cost, INTELLECT-3 for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.