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

Jamba Reasoning 3Bvsgpt-oss-120B (high)

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

AI21 Labs

Jamba Reasoning 3B

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
Jamba Reasoning 3B
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
Jamba Reasoning 3B
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

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

Speed Comparison

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

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
9.633.3
Coding Index
2.528.6
Math Index
10.793.4
GPQA Diamond
33.3%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
57.7%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
21.0%87.8%
AIME 2025
10.7%93.4%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%18.5%
SciCode
5.9%38.9%
IFBench
52.4%69.0%
TerminalBench
0.8%23.5%
Jamba Reasoning 3B0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Jamba Reasoning 3B 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 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Jamba Reasoning 3B. 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. Jamba Reasoning 3B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.50s).

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

Choose based on your priorities: Jamba Reasoning 3B 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.