GPT-5 (Minimal) vs gpt-oss-20b (High)

GPT-5 (Minimal) 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.

OpenAIGPT-5 (Minimal)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
11.40
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.

MetricGPT-5 (Minimal)gpt-oss-20b (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.49.0−21.1% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 21.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$28.81— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.24s15.23s+110.4% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 110.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.25 / $10.0$0.05 / $0.22
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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