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Updated Aug 2025

GPT OSS 20BvsPaLM 2 Chat

GPT OSS 20B is cheaper than PaLM 2 Chat at $0.02/M vs $0.5/M input tokens.

GPT OSS 20B and PaLM 2 Chat compared across 21 shared prompts
SpecGPT OSS 20BPaLM 2 Chat
Input price$0.02/M tokens$0.5/M tokens
Output price$0.1/M tokens$0.5/M tokens
Context window131K tokens8K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2023
Our Verdict
GPT OSS 20B
GPT OSS 20B
PaLM 2 Chat
PaLM 2 ChatRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT OSS 20B has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

GPT OSS 20B costs 5.0x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT OSS 20B
Input
$0.02
25× cheaper
Output
$0.10
5.0× cheaper
PaLM 2 Chat
Input
$0.50
Output
$0.50

GPT OSS 20B is cheaper on both: 25× input, 5.0× output.

Where to run it

12 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
PaLM 2 Chat

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

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

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
48%

GPT OSS 20B uses 10.2x more emoji

GPT OSS 20B
PaLM 2 Chat
54%Vocabulary63%
17wSentence Length16w
0.26Hedging0.77
5.9Bold3.4
3.3Lists1.3
0.10Emoji0.00
0.75Headings0.07
0.32Transitions0.27
Based on 21 + 9 text responses
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