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gpt-oss-20b Pricing

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OpenAI · 131K tokens context

gpt-oss-20b from OpenAI costs $0.029 per 1 million input tokens and $0.140 per 1 million output tokens as of June 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 131,072-token context window (approximately 98,304 words) with a 8K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0000 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0003.

gpt-oss-20b pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.029 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.140 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio4.8×
Context window131,072 tokens (~98,304 words)
Maximum output8,192 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0000
TierFast
Last verified

gpt-oss-20b is an open-weight 21B parameter model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2. 0 license.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.029

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$0.140

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

131K tokens

max 8K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.0000387$0.000056
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.0000967$0.00014
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.000145$0.00021
100K token document100,000$0.0029$0.0042

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Extremely cheap at $0.029/1M input tokens
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads
  • Cost-effective at scale

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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