Is Llama 3 8B Instruct or gpt-oss-20b cheaper?

Llama 3 8B Instruct and gpt-oss-20b have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3 8B Instruct or gpt-oss-20b?

gpt-oss-20b has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Llama 3 8B Instruct vs gpt-oss-20b

Both have similar output pricing, while gpt-oss-20b offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3 8B Instruct or gpt-oss-20b based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3 8B Instruct	gpt-oss-20b
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.03
Output / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.14
Context window	8K	131K
Parameters	—	21B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2024	Aug 2025

Llama 3 8B Instruct details →gpt-oss-20b details →

FAQ

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.