GPT-5 (Medium) vs gpt-oss-120b (High)

GPT-5 (Medium) vs gpt-oss-120b (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

OpenAIGPT-5 (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.90
Total cost
-
OpenAIgpt-oss-120b (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
11.60
Total cost
$123
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.

MetricGPT-5 (Medium)gpt-oss-120b (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.911.6−49.3% gpt-oss-120b (High) is 49.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$122.71— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)27.13s11.61s−57.2% gpt-oss-120b (High) is 57.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.25 / $10.0$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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