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GPT-OSS 20B vs o3-pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

42.74/100
Margin
5.6pts
winning →
OpenAI
48.33/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-OSS 20B #159 (Supported); o3-pro #127 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-OSS 20B and o3-pro share 2 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 16 results are unique to GPT-OSS 20B; 0 to o3-pro.

Updated July 22, 2026
Shared results
2
GPT-OSS 20B only
16
o3-pro only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-OSS 20B and o3-pro is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o3-pro is priced at $20.00 input / $80.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-OSS 20B. o3-pro has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for GPT-OSS 20B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-OSS 20B$0 input / $0 outputo3-pro$20 input / $80 outputGPT-OSS 20B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-OSS 20B313 tok/so3-pro27 tok/sGPT-OSS 20B has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-OSS 20B0.65 so3-pro84.93 sGPT-OSS 20B reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-OSS 20B128Ko3-pro200Ko3-pro lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 3.1%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 0.7%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 60.2%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 3.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 559Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
React Native EvalsSource 71%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 20.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 34.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
AA-LCRSource 30.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 1.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 14.9%32.5%o3-pro leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 68.8%84.5%o3-pro leads
AA-HLESource 9.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -63.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 15.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 94.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 882Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20Bo3-proResult
AA-IFBenchSource 65.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-OSS 20B and o3-pro on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-OSS 20B and o3-pro today?

GPT-OSS 20B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens o3-pro: $20.00 input / $80.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 22, 2026

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