Claude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High) vs gpt-oss-20b (High)

Claude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High) vs gpt-oss-20b (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
26.40
Total cost
-
OpenAIgpt-oss-20b (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
9.00
Total cost
$28.8
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High)gpt-oss-20b (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)26.49.0−65.9% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 65.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$28.81— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.33s15.12s−1.4% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 1.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.05 / $0.22
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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