OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free), OpenAI — route, pricing & source

gpt-oss-20b is an open-weight 21B parameter model released by OpenAI under the Apache 2.0 license. It uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 3.6B active parameters per forward pass, optimized for...

OpenRoutermediumLast checked: May 14, 2026
Input
$0.00 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Output
$0.00 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not available
Not available
Cache write
Not available
Not available

Context and limits

Context window
131.1K
Max output
8,192
Input modalities
text
Output modalities
text
Weight access
Unknown
Availability
Unknown
Capability flags
ToolsReasoningLong context

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Benchmarks
No safely merged benchmark result for this model yet.

Access and license

Official API
No
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
License
Unknown

Example costs

Scenario: 1K input + 300 output tokens / request

10,000 requests
$0.00
100,000 requests
$0.00
1,000,000 requests
$0.00

Cheaper alternatives

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Source

Source
OpenRouter Models API
Confidence
medium
Route
OpenRouter
Last checked
May 14, 2026
Open source
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