Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or gpt-oss-20b cheaper?

gpt-oss-20b is cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or gpt-oss-20b?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs gpt-oss-20b

gpt-oss-20b is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or gpt-oss-20b based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	gpt-oss-20b
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.03
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$0.14
Context window	1M	131K
Parameters	—	21B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Aug 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →gpt-oss-20b details →

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