gpt-oss-20b vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Prices checked
Ling 3.0 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against gpt-oss-20b. gpt-oss-20b counters on price: $0.02 per million tokens against $0.03, for 131k context instead of 262k.
OpenAIgpt-oss-20b
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.02/M tokensCheapest price, at TrustedRouter · 0.89¢ per 1,000 pages
Ling 3.0 Flash
262k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.03/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 1.6¢ 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
$0.06/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.02/M at TrustedRouter
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.04/M
$0.03/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
0.89¢
1.6¢
Context
131k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
5 Aug 2025
23 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
47
12
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 10
Nous Portal$0.04 / $0.03
OpenRouter$0.04 / $0.03
Vercel AI Gateway$0.06 / $0.03
TrustedRouter$0.02 / $0.09
Kilo Gateway$0.04 / $0.09
DeepInfra$0.06 / $0.09
NanoGPT$0.04 / $0.11
Novita$0.07 / $0.09
gpt-oss-20b, then Ling 3.0 Flash, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 10.
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 Ling 3.0 Flash?
- gpt-oss-20b, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.03 for Ling 3.0 Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- gpt-oss-20b: $0.02 at TrustedRouter. Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.03 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 10 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, TrustedRouter, Kilo Gateway, DeepInfra, 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, read 31 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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