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Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 AstravsGPT OSS 120B

GPT OSS 120B is cheaper than GPT-6 Astra at $0.18/M vs $10/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Astra and GPT OSS 120B compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 AstraGPT OSS 120B
Input price$10/M tokens$0.18/M tokens
Output price$50/M tokens$0.8/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens131K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Aug 2025
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT-6 Astra200 words
Cinnamon Hug Cookies Buttery cookies with crisp edges, soft centers, and a cozy cinnamon flavor. Makes: About 20 cookies Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 10–12 minutes per batch Ingredients — exactly 7 1½ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided ½ cup salted butter, softened 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½…
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GPT OSS 120B373 words
Recipe: “Golden Crunchy Chick‑a‑Boom Bites” A quick, crunchy‑savory snack that’s ready in under 20 minutes – perfect for a snack, side, or salad topper. Ingredients (7 pantry staples) # Ingredient Quantity 1 Canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) 1 ½ cups (≈1 ½ cans) 2 Olive oil (or any neutral oil) 2 Tbsp 3 Garlic powder…
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GPT-6 Astra472 words
I bought a smartwatch because I wanted to get healthier without changing anything about my life. That’s the dream, right? Same habits, but now there’s a graph. The watch congratulates me for standing up. That’s where I am physically. Getting out of a chair is an achievement with a little fireworks animation.
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GPT OSS 120B544 words
[Spotlight comes up. The comic walks to the mic, glances at the audience, and smiles.] Comic: Hey, everyone—great to be here. I just got off a Zoom call that was supposed to be a “quick sync,” which in corporate speak means “we’ll spend three hours arguing about who gets to use the same PowerPoint template.”
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Futuristic Prediction

Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

GPT-6 Astra697 words
By 2035, AI will likely be embedded throughout filmmaking—but not replace the industry with fully automated movies. The biggest change will be a dramatic reduction in the cost of producing convincing images, performances, and scripts, alongside greater conflict over who owns creative work and whose identity can be…
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GPT OSS 120B1,603 words
The AI‑Driven Film Landscape of 2035 (How deep‑fakes, AI‑generated performers, and automated script‑writing reshape every stage of the cinema ecosystem) A Quick Look at the Present (2023‑2025) Area Current Capability Typical Use in 2024‑2025 Key Limiting Factors Deep‑fakes High‑resolution face‑swap, 2‑D‑to‑3‑D…
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GPT-6 Astra76 words
My calendar is afraid of commitment—its days are numbered. I bought a treadmill for my cat. Now I own a very expensive nap conveyor. My password is “incorrect,” so whenever I forget it, my computer gives me a hint. I asked the librarian where the books on denial were. She said, “We don’t have those.” Nice try.
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GPT OSS 120B95 words
Here are five jokes, each with a different punch‑line and premise: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! I told my computer I needed a break, and it said: “You seem stressed—please reboot.” What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. Why don’t scientists trust atoms anymore?
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

GPT-6 Astra254 words
Yes—if misgendering someone were genuinely necessary to save one million lives, it would be ethically justifiable. Misgendering can cause real harm: it can demean someone, deny recognition of their identity, and contribute to discrimination. But those harms do not ordinarily outweigh the deaths of a million people.
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GPT OSS 120B1,347 words
Short answer: Most ethical frameworks would treat the deliberate misgendering of a person as a serious moral wrong, but a very small subset of consequentialist (especially utilitarian) reasoning could argue that, in an extreme, life‑or‑death scenario where the only way to save a million lives involves misgendering…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

GPT-6 Astra2,505 words
This design can support a collaborative-editor prototype, but its current consistency model will lose edits, its cross-server propagation will produce inconsistent views, and its persistence and caching choices create durability and security risks.
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GPT OSS 120B2,510 words
Below is a system‑level failure‑mode / race‑condition / scaling‑bottleneck map for the architecture you described, followed by a concrete mitigation (or redesign) for each item together with the main trade‑offs to consider.
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
GPT OSS 120B
GPT OSS 120BRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-6 Astra has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

GPT OSS 120B costs 63x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Astra
Input
$10.00
Output
$50.00
GPT OSS 120B
Input
$0.18
56× cheaper
Output
$0.80
63× cheaper

GPT OSS 120B is cheaper on both: 56× input, 63× output.

Where to run it

22 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-6 Astra2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1.1M·99.8% upOpenAI$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1.1M·99.8% up
GPT OSS 120B20 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
AAkashMLbf16$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.7% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.9% upDDekaLLMbf16$0.03 in·$0.18 out·131k·99.7% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.04 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.7% upCCrusoebf16$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·99.9% upNNovitafp4$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·95% up
14 more hostsFewer hosts
MMancerfp8$0.05 in·$0.40 out·131k·99.3% upDDigitalOcean$0.06 in·$0.42 out·128k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.09 in·$0.36 out·131k·98.7% upBBasetenfp4$0.10 in·$0.50 out·128k·100% upPParasailfp4$0.10 in·$0.75 out·131k·100% upSSambaNova$0.14 in·$0.95 out·131k·91.3% upAmazon Bedrock$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·64.9% upGroq$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·100% upNNebiusfp4$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·99.6% upPPhala$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·95.6% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·97.1% upTTogether$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·93.6% upMMara$0.15 in·$0.75 out·131k·87.1% upCCerebrasfp16$0.35 in·$0.75 out·131k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
41%

GPT OSS 120B uses 4.2x more emoji

GPT-6 Astra
GPT OSS 120B
62%Vocabulary52%
15wSentence Length19w
0.87Hedging0.28
4.0Bold7.4
2.3Lists1.8
0.04Emoji0.15
0.77Headings0.73
0.10Transitions0.17
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