Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20b or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Ling 3.0 Flash, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16 for gpt-oss-20b, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

gpt-oss-20b: $0.16 at Kilo Gateway. Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 10 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 131k.

gpt-oss-20b vs Ling 3.0 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Ling 3.0 Flash takes 4 of 5 rounds against gpt-oss-20b. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16.

OpenAI

gpt-oss-20b

$0.16/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.018 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

Kilo Gateway ↗

InclusionAIwins 4 rounds

Ling 3.0 Flash

$0.13/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0164 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.03/M

$0.02/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.06/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.16/M at Kilo Gateway

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.22/M

$0.13/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.018

$0.0164

Context

131k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

5 Aug 2025

23 Jul 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 10

Nous Portal$0.16 / $0.13
OpenRouter$0.22 / $0.13
Vercel AI Gateway$0.35 / $0.13
Kilo Gateway$0.16 / $0.36
TrustedRouter$0.17 / $0.38
Eden AI$0.22 / $0.36
DeepInfra$0.23 / $0.36
Novita$0.27 / $0.36

gpt-oss-20b then Ling 3.0 Flash, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 10

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What moved in the last seven days

gpt-oss-20bio.net Intelligence$0.06 / $0.21 $0.06 / $0.204% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
gpt-oss-20bNous Portal$0.02 / $0.08 $0.02 / $0.1025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
gpt-oss-20bRequesty$0.07 / $0.30 $0.10 / $0.5057% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
gpt-oss-20bTrustedRouter$0.03 / $0.14 $0.02 / $0.1127% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 FlashNous Portal$0.02 / $0.05 $0.02 / $0.0625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
gpt-oss-20bNanoGPT$0.20 / $0.80 $0.04 / $0.1581% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20b or Ling 3.0 Flash?: Ling 3.0 Flash, at $0.13 per million tokens against $0.16 for gpt-oss-20b, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: gpt-oss-20b: $0.16 at Kilo Gateway. Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 10 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.