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Updated Aug 2025

GPT OSS 120BvsPaLM 2 Chat

GPT OSS 120B is cheaper than PaLM 2 Chat at $0.18/M vs $0.5/M input tokens.

GPT OSS 120B and PaLM 2 Chat compared across 21 shared prompts
SpecGPT OSS 120BPaLM 2 Chat
Input price$0.18/M tokens$0.5/M tokens
Output price$0.8/M tokens$0.5/M tokens
Context window131K tokens8K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2023
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 21 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GPT OSS 120B953 words
Disclaimer: The following is a fictional interview. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, and the conversation below is a creative, speculative reconstruction meant for entertainment and thought‑exercise purposes only. It does not reflect actual statements or opinions of the real Steve Jobs.
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PaLM 2 Chat410 words
Sure, here's a simulated interview with Steve Jobs set in 2025: Interviewer: Mr. Jobs, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. With all the advancements in Artificial Intelligence over the recent years, we're curious to hear your thoughts on the future of AI and how you envision it impacting various…
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

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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PaLM 2 Chat82 words
Sure, here are five jokes for you: Why did the banana go to the doctor? Because it wasn't peeling well! Why did the math book look so sad? Because it was full of problems! What do you call a can opener that doesn't work? A can't opener! Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one!
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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 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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PaLM 2 Chat223 words
Ethical dilemmas like this often fall into a conflict between deontological (duty-based) ethics and consequentialist (outcome-based) ethics. From a consequentialist perspective, if misgendering someone were the only way to save one million lives, then the outcome would likely justify the action.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT OSS 120B316 words
Pirate: Arr! I hear ye speak of these “AI models” – like a fleet of invisible ships sailing the digital seas. Do they take booty, or just spout riddles like a cursed parrot? Knight: Good sir, the notion of a thinking contraption doth sound like sorcery.
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PaLM 2 Chat119 words
Pirate: Avast ye! I hear tell of these newfangled AI models. Be they some sort of treasure? Knight: AI models? I have heard whispers of these contraptions from some of our travelers. They are no match for the strength and bravery of a knight! Hacker: Yo, dudes. AI models, they be all about the code, man.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

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

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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PaLM 2 Chat426 words
Intro Hey there, everybody. Welcome to my comedy show. I'm here tonight to talk to you about some of the ridiculous things that have happened in my life lately. So, as some of you may know I recently tried online dating.
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

GPT OSS 120B889 words
Quick answer: Training the original 175‑billion‑parameter GPT‑3 is estimated to have required on the order of 10²³ floating‑point operations (≈ 3 × 10²³ FLOPs)—roughly a few hundred zetta‑FLOPs (≈ 300 Z‑FLOPs) or about 300 000 exaflops of compute.
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PaLM 2 Chat309 words
To estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online, we can make several assumptions and perform calculations based on the information available about GPT-3's architecture and training process.
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Our Verdict
GPT OSS 120B
GPT OSS 120B
PaLM 2 Chat
PaLM 2 ChatRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT OSS 120B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT OSS 120B
Input
$0.18
2.8× cheaper
Output
$0.80
PaLM 2 Chat
Input
$0.50
Output
$0.50
1.6× cheaper

GPT OSS 120B wins input (2.8× cheaper)·PaLM 2 Chat wins output (1.6× cheaper)

Where to run it

20 hosts, cheapest first

GPT OSS 120B20 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
AAkashMLbf16$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.9% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.03 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.9% upDDekaLLMbf16$0.03 in·$0.18 out·131k·99.9% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.04 in·$0.17 out·131k·99.5% upCCrusoebf16$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·99.1% upMMancerfp8$0.05 in·$0.30 out·131k·99.8% up
14 more hostsFewer hosts
DDigitalOcean$0.06 in·$0.42 out·128k·100% upBBasetenfp4$0.10 in·$0.50 out·128k·100% upPParasailfp4$0.10 in·$0.75 out·131k·100% upAmazon Bedrock$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·100% upGroq$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·100% upNNebiusfp4$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·99.6% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·95.9% upCCerebrasfp16$0.35 in·$0.75 out·131k·100% upNNovitafp4degraded$0.05 in·$0.25 out·131k·96.7% upGoogle Vertex AIdegraded$0.09 in·$0.36 out·131k·83.2% upSSambaNovadegraded$0.14 in·$0.95 out·131k·98.1% upPPhaladegraded$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·96.2% upTTogetherdegraded$0.15 in·$0.60 out·131k·91.6% upMMaradegraded$0.15 in·$0.75 out·131k·92.4% up
PaLM 2 Chat

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 21 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
34%

GPT OSS 120B uses 15.4x more emoji

GPT OSS 120B
PaLM 2 Chat
52%Vocabulary63%
19wSentence Length16w
0.28Hedging0.77
7.4Bold3.4
1.8Lists1.3
0.15Emoji0.00
0.73Headings0.07
0.17Transitions0.27
Based on 21 + 9 text responses
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GPT OSS 120B is developed by OpenAI while PaLM 2 Chat is developed by Google AI. GPT OSS 120B has a 131K token context window vs PaLM 2 Chat's 8K. You can compare their actual outputs across 21 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT OSS 120B and PaLM 2 Chat each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 21 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT OSS 120B costs $0.18/M input tokens and PaLM 2 Chat costs $0.5/M input tokens. GPT OSS 120B is $0.32/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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