AI model comparison
Solar Mini 4 vs gpt-oss-20b
Side by side comparison of Solar Mini 4 and gpt-oss-20b on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.
Solar Mini 4 is Upstage's compact, cost-efficient language model, a 35B-parameter mixture-of-experts with 3B active parameters and a 524K context window.
- Input / 1M
- $0.05
- Output / 1M
- $0.20
- Context
- 524K
gpt-oss-20b is an open-weight 21B parameter model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Input / 1M
- $0.02
- Output / 1M
- $0.09
- Context
- 131K
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At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
gpt-oss-20b
2.5x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Not available
Not enough benchmark data
Larger context window
Solar Mini 4
524K vs 131K tokens
Newer release
Solar Mini 4
Released September 23, 2026
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
gpt-oss-20bNot availableCoding index
gpt-oss-20b20.7Agentic index
gpt-oss-20b1.2Pricing
Solar Mini 4 vs gpt-oss-20b API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.02 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.20 | $0.09 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
gpt-oss-20b$0.08Coding task
30K in, 4K out
gpt-oss-20b$0.90$0.63 cachedLong document summary
150K in, 2K out
gpt-oss-20b$2.88$1.53 cachedSpecs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 524K tokens | 131K tokens |
| Max output | 131K tokens | 33K tokens |
| Input types | Text | Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Max, Extra high, High, Medium, Low, Minimal, None | High, Medium, Low |
| Default reasoning effort | Medium | Medium |
| Release date | September 23, 2026 | August 5, 2025 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Not supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Not supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
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Our take
gpt-oss-20b is 2.5x cheaper for a typical chat. Solar Mini 4 has the larger context window (524K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Solar Mini 4 or gpt-oss-20b cheaper?
gpt-oss-20b is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). gpt-oss-20b costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.09 per 1M output tokens, while Solar Mini 4 costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Solar Mini 4 or gpt-oss-20b?
Solar Mini 4 supports up to 524K tokens of context, compared with 131K for gpt-oss-20b.
Can I use Solar Mini 4 and gpt-oss-20b at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Solar Mini 4 and gpt-oss-20b answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Solar Mini 4 and gpt-oss-20b at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.