Compare/Mistral 7B Instruct vs gpt-oss-20B (low)

Mistral 7B Instructvsgpt-oss-20B (low)

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

Mistral

Mistral 7B Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.225/M
Speed
118 tok/s
TTFT
0.37s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (low)

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

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Lower Latency
Mistral 7B Instruct
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-20B (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricMistral 7B Instructgpt-oss-20B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0.225$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Mistral 7B Instruct$0.22
gpt-oss-20B (low)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Mistral 7B Instruct
118 tok/s
gpt-oss-20B (low)
265 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Mistral 7B Instruct
0.37s
gpt-oss-20B (low)
0.42s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
7.420.8
Coding Index
14.4
Math Index
62.3
GPQA Diamond
17.7%61.1%
MMLU-Pro
24.5%71.8%
LiveCodeBench
4.6%65.2%
AIME 2025
62.3%
MATH-500
12.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%5.1%
SciCode
2.4%34.0%
IFBench
19.9%57.8%
TerminalBench
4.5%
Mistral 7B Instruct1 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-20B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Mistral 7B Instruct or gpt-oss-20B (low)?

gpt-oss-20B (low) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.10/M tokens vs $0.21/M for Mistral 7B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Mistral 7B Instruct. 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 118 tok/s. Mistral 7B Instruct also has lower time-to-first-token (0.37s vs 0.42s).

When should I use Mistral 7B Instruct vs gpt-oss-20B (low)?

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