gpt-oss-safeguard-20b vs Phi 4 Mini
Prices checked
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b takes 2 of 5 rounds against Phi 4 Mini. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.13.
OpenAIWins 2 roundsgpt-oss-safeguard-20b
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.10/M tokensCheapest price, at Vercel AI Gateway · 5.4¢ per 1,000 pages
Phi 4 Mini
128k context · open weights
$0.13/M tokensAzure AI Foundry's own price · 6.3¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.07/M
$0.07/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.30/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.10/M at Vercel AI Gateway
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.13/M
$0.13/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
5.4¢
6.3¢
Context
131k tokens
128k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
29 Oct 2025
26 Feb 2025
Providers selling it
13
4
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
Azure AI Foundry
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 1
NanoGPT$0.13 / $0.30
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, then Phi 4 Mini, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-safeguard-20b or Phi 4 Mini?
- gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.13 for Phi 4 Mini, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- gpt-oss-safeguard-20b: $0.10 at Vercel AI Gateway. Phi 4 Mini: nobody sells it below Azure AI Foundry's own price with a stated reason, so $0.13 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. One provider sells both: NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at 131k tokens against 128k.
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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