Is Prompt Guard 2 86M or GPT OSS 20B cheaper?

Prompt Guard 2 86M is cheaper on output tokens ($0.04 vs $0.30 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Prompt Guard 2 86M or GPT OSS 20B?

GPT OSS 20B has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Prompt Guard 2 86M vs GPT OSS 20B

Prompt Guard 2 86M is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT OSS 20B offers a larger context window. Choose Prompt Guard 2 86M or GPT OSS 20B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Prompt Guard 2 86M	GPT OSS 20B
Provider	Groq	Groq
Input / 1M tokens	$0.04	$0.08
Output / 1M tokens	$0.04	$0.30
Context window	512	131K
Parameters	—	21B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	May 2025	Aug 2025

Prompt Guard 2 86M details →GPT OSS 20B details →

FAQ

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