Compare/K2 Think V2 vs gpt-oss-20B (low)

K2 Think V2vsgpt-oss-20B (low)

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

MBZUAI Institute of Foundation Models

K2 Think V2

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

gpt-oss-20B (low)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
265 tok/s
TTFT
0.42s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
K2 Think V2
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Lower Latency
K2 Think V2
Benchmarks (6-5)
K2 Think V2

Pricing Comparison

MetricK2 Think V2gpt-oss-20B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
K2 Think V2$0.00
gpt-oss-20B (low)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
K2 Think V2
gpt-oss-20B (low)
265 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
K2 Think V2
gpt-oss-20B (low)
0.42s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.120.8
Coding Index
15.514.4
Math Index
62.3
GPQA Diamond
71.3%61.1%
MMLU-Pro
71.8%
LiveCodeBench
65.2%
AIME 2025
62.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
9.5%5.1%
SciCode
33.0%34.0%
IFBench
62.8%57.8%
TerminalBench
6.8%4.5%
K2 Think V26 wins
5 winsgpt-oss-20B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, K2 Think V2 or gpt-oss-20B (low)?

K2 Think V2 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?

K2 Think V2 wins 6 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 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 265 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. K2 Think V2 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.42s).

When should I use K2 Think V2 vs gpt-oss-20B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: K2 Think V2 for lower cost, K2 Think V2 for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.