Is Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct or gpt-oss-20b cheaper?

gpt-oss-20b is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $0.22 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct or gpt-oss-20b?

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

Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs gpt-oss-20b

gpt-oss-20b is cheaper on output tokens, while gpt-oss-20b offers a larger context window. Choose Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct or gpt-oss-20b based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct	gpt-oss-20b
Provider	Weights & Biases	Weights & Biases
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$0.05
Output / 1M tokens	$0.22	$0.20
Context window	128K	131K
Parameters	—	21B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2024	Aug 2025

Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct details →gpt-oss-20b details →

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