Is GPT OSS 20B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $0.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, GPT OSS 20B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

Both models offer a similar context window.

GPT OSS 20B vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens. Choose GPT OSS 20B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	GPT OSS 20B	Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Provider	Hugging Face	Hugging Face
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.06
Output / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.06
Context window	131K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2025	Jul 2024

GPT OSS 20B details →Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct details →

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