gpt-oss-20b vs Ministral 3B (latest).
model vs model · prices as of
gpt-oss-20b takes 3 of 5 rounds against Ministral 3B (latest). Both cost $0.16 per million tokens to run.
OpenAIwins 3 roundsgpt-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
Mistral AIMinistral 3B (latest)
$0.16/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0264 per 1,000 pages
128k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.03/M
$0.04/M
List price out (lower wins)
$0.13/M
$0.04/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$0.16/M at Kilo Gateway
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$0.22/M
$0.16/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.018
$0.0264
Context
131k tokens
128k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
5 Aug 2025
1 Oct 2024
Providers selling it
43
14
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 9
Kilo Gateway$0.16 / $0.40
Nous Portal$0.16 / $0.40
Eden AI$0.22 / $0.40
OpenRouter$0.22 / $0.40
NanoGPT$0.27 / $0.40
LLM Gateway$0.31 / $0.40
Vercel AI Gateway$0.35 / $0.40
Cortecs$0.31 / $0.51
gpt-oss-20b then Ministral 3B (latest), per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 9
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- gpt-oss-20b
io.net Intelligence$0.06 / $0.21 $0.06 / $0.204% cheaper · - gpt-oss-20bNous Portal$0.02 / $0.08 $0.02 / $0.1025% dearer ·
- gpt-oss-20b
Requesty$0.07 / $0.30 $0.10 / $0.5057% dearer · - gpt-oss-20b
TrustedRouter$0.03 / $0.14 $0.02 / $0.1127% cheaper · - Ministral 3B (latest)Cortecs$0.12 / $0.12 $0.13 / $0.1310% dearer ·
- Ministral 3B (latest)Nous Portal$0.08 / $0.08 $0.10 / $0.1025% dearer ·
- gpt-oss-20bNanoGPT$0.20 / $0.80 $0.04 / $0.1581% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20b or Ministral 3B (latest)?
- Neither: both run at $0.16 per million tokens, 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. Ministral 3B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.16 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 9 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, Eden AI, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, LLM Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- gpt-oss-20b, at 131k tokens against 128k.
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.