Compare/Sarvam M (Reasoning) vs gpt-oss-20B (high)

Sarvam M (Reasoning)vsgpt-oss-20B (high)

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

Sarvam

Sarvam M (Reasoning)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
139 tok/s
TTFT
1.19s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (high)

Input
$0.05/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
256 tok/s
TTFT
0.34s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Sarvam M (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-20B (high)
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-20B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricSarvam M (Reasoning)gpt-oss-20B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.05
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Sarvam M (Reasoning)$0.00
gpt-oss-20B (high)$0.07

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Sarvam M (Reasoning)
139 tok/s
gpt-oss-20B (high)
256 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Sarvam M (Reasoning)
1.19s
gpt-oss-20B (high)
0.34s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
8.424.5
Coding Index
7.518.5
Math Index
89.3
GPQA Diamond
41.6%68.8%
MMLU-Pro
69.6%74.8%
LiveCodeBench
29.5%77.7%
AIME 2025
89.3%
MATH-500
84.7%
Humanity's Last Exam
3.3%9.8%
SciCode
17.8%34.4%
IFBench
31.8%65.1%
TerminalBench
2.3%10.6%
Sarvam M (Reasoning)1 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-20B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Sarvam M (Reasoning) or gpt-oss-20B (high)?

Sarvam M (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.09/M for gpt-oss-20B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Sarvam M (Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20B (high) generates tokens faster at 256 tok/s vs 139 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-20B (high) has lower time-to-first-token (0.34s vs 1.19s).

When should I use Sarvam M (Reasoning) vs gpt-oss-20B (high)?

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