gpt-oss-20b vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Prices checked
gpt-oss-20b takes 4 of 5 rounds against Granite 4.0 Micro. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.04.
OpenAIWins 4 roundsgpt-oss-20b
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.02/M tokensCheapest price, at Eden AI · 0.81¢ per 1,000 pages
Granite 4.0 Micro
131k context · open weights
$0.04/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 1.7¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.02/M
$0.02/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.09/M
$0.11/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.02/M at Eden AI
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.04/M
$0.04/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
0.81¢
1.7¢
Context
131k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
5 Aug 2025
20 Oct 2025
Providers selling it
48
6
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 6
Eden AI$0.02 / $0.04
TrustedRouter$0.02 / $0.04
Kilo Gateway$0.04 / $0.04
OpenRouter$0.04 / $0.04- AI/ML API$0.18 / $0.06
Cloudflare Workers AI$0.23 / $0.04
gpt-oss-20b, then Granite 4.0 Micro, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20b or Granite 4.0 Micro?
- gpt-oss-20b, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.04 for Granite 4.0 Micro, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- gpt-oss-20b: $0.02 at Eden AI. Granite 4.0 Micro: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.04 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 6 providers sell both: Eden AI, TrustedRouter, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, AI/ML API, Cloudflare Workers AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- gpt-oss-20b, at 131k tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 21 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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