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Updated Aug 2025

GPT OSS 20BvsMistral Medium 3

GPT OSS 20B is cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 at $0.02/M vs $0.4/M input tokens.

GPT OSS 20B and Mistral Medium 3 compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGPT OSS 20BMistral Medium 3
Input price$0.02/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$0.1/M tokens$2/M tokens
Context window131K tokens131K tokens
Parameters21B (3.6B active)Not disclosed
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025May 2025
Our Verdict
GPT OSS 20B
GPT OSS 20B
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT OSS 20B has the edge: newer, major provider backing.

GPT OSS 20B costs 20x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT OSS 20B
Input
$0.02
20× cheaper
Output
$0.10
20× cheaper
Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00

GPT OSS 20B is cheaper on both: 20× input, 20× output.

Where to run it

13 hosts, cheapest first

GPT OSS 20B12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
AAkashMLfp4$0.02 in·$0.10 out·131k·92.3% upDDarkbloomfp8$0.02 in·$0.10 out·131k·99.7% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.03 in·$0.13 out·131k·100% upDDeepInfrabf16$0.03 in·$0.14 out·131k·100% upPParasailfp4$0.03 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% upNNovitafp4$0.04 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% up
6 more hostsFewer hosts
PPhala$0.04 in·$0.15 out·131k·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.04 in·$0.18 out·131k·97.2% upTTogether$0.05 in·$0.20 out·131k·96.9% upAmazon Bedrock$0.07 in·$0.15 out·131k·99.9% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.07 in·$0.25 out·131k·99.7% upGroq$0.07 in·$0.30 out·131k·99.8% up
Mistral Medium 31 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.40 in·$2.00 out·131k·96.1% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
51%

Mistral Medium 3 uses 2.9x more hedging

GPT OSS 20B
Mistral Medium 3
54%Vocabulary55%
17wSentence Length18w
0.26Hedging0.75
5.9Bold7.0
3.3Lists5.2
0.10Emoji0.23
0.75Headings1.11
0.32Transitions0.16
Based on 21 + 28 text responses
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