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

GPT-5 nano (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 nano (Minimal)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.10
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 nano (Minimal)gpt-oss-20b (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)7.19.0+26.8% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 26.8% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$28.81— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)4.19s14.42s+244.2% gpt-oss-20b (High) is 244.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.40$0.05 / $0.22
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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