Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-safeguard-20b or Hy-MT2-7B?

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at $0.41 per million tokens against $0.52 for Hy-MT2-7B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b: $0.41 at Vercel AI Gateway. Hy-MT2-7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.52 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at 131k tokens against 8k.

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b vs Hy-MT2-7B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Hy-MT2-7B takes 3 of 5 rounds against gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. gpt-oss-safeguard-20b counters on price: $0.41 per million tokens against $0.52, for 131k context instead of 8k.

OpenAI

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b

$0.41/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Vercel AI Gateway · $0.054 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

Vercel AI Gateway ↗

Tencentwins 3 rounds

Hy-MT2-7B

$0.52/M tokens

Tencent list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0621 per 1,000 pages

8k context · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.07/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.30/M

$0.29/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.41/M at Vercel AI Gateway

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.52/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.054

$0.0621

Context

131k tokens

8k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

29 Oct 2025

19 Aug 2026

Providers selling it

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 · 2

Kilo Gateway$0.53 / $0.52
OpenRouter$0.53 / $0.52

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b then Hy-MT2-7B, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

gpt-oss-safeguard-20bNous Portal$0.06 / $0.24 $0.07 / $0.3025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-safeguard-20b or Hy-MT2-7B?: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at $0.41 per million tokens against $0.52 for Hy-MT2-7B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b: $0.41 at Vercel AI Gateway. Hy-MT2-7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.52 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at 131k tokens against 8k.

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.