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

GPT-5 nano (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 nano (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
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 nano (Medium)gpt-oss-120b (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.511.6−7.2% gpt-oss-120b (High) is 7.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$122.71— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)35.15s11.29s−67.9% gpt-oss-120b (High) is 67.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.40$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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