Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs gpt-oss-20b (Low)

Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs gpt-oss-20b (Low). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
41.80
Total cost
$6874
OpenAIgpt-oss-20b (Low)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
10.00
Total cost
-
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 4.8 (Max)gpt-oss-20b (Low)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)41.810.0−76.1% gpt-oss-20b (Low) is 76.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,873.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)39.48s13.39s−66.1% gpt-oss-20b (Low) is 66.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.07 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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