gpt-oss-120b (High)
By OpenAI · released 2025-08-05 (14 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 11.60
- Cost to run the AA index
- $123
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.15 / $0.60
- End-to-end time
- 12.4s
Is gpt-oss-120b (High) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6 Luna (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gpt-oss-120b (High) | OpenAI | 11.60 | $123 | 12.4s | 2025-08-05 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6 Luna (Max) | OpenAI | 38.10 | $122 | 82.0s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier | |
| 3 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Anthropic | 41.20 | $158 | 59.8s | 2026-10-07 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
gpt-oss-120b (High) today
1 of 2 effort levels plotted. The remaining levels lack intelligence or benchmark cost data.
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: gpt-oss-120b.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs GPT-6 Luna (Max)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs gpt-oss-120b (Low)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs GPT-6 Luna (High)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
- gpt-oss-120b (High) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)
What the gpt-oss-120b release did to the frontier on 2025-08-05
1 of 2 effort levels reached the frontier at launch (gpt-oss-120b (High)). Impact 1.14, did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did.
Should you use gpt-oss-120b (High)?
Should you use gpt-oss-120b (High)?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6 Luna (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so gpt-oss-120b (High) is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than gpt-oss-120b (High)?
GPT-6 Luna (Max) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does gpt-oss-120b (High) cost?
$0.15/$0.60 in/out per 1M tokens, and $123 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is gpt-oss-120b (High) on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-6 Luna (Max) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where gpt-oss-120b (High) is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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