Model comparison
GPT-5.4 vs gpt-oss-20b
GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-20b costs 156× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and gpt-oss-20b in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 19.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench: 81.8% for GPT-5.4 and 3.4% for gpt-oss-20b.
- gpt-oss-20b is cheaper at $0.018 / $0.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
- GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- gpt-oss-20b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 59.4 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2025-08-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.018 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | $0.09 |
| Results tracked | 68 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 56.6% | 34.4% |
| WeirdML | 77.7% | 40.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1497 | 1306 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,607 | 566.05 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.9% | — |
| DeepSWE | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1465 | — |
| GSO | 31.4% | — |
| MirrorCode | 15.6% | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.85 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 81.8% | 3.4% |
| APEX-Agents | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 39.4% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 19% | — |
| GBAEval | 45.1% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1197 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 74.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,144 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.8% | 53.2% |
| CritPt | 23.4% | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 44% | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | 1274 |
| DTBench | 94.4% | 68% |
| LMCA | 52% | 14.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.81 | 137.82 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.7% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 16% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 80% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 25.4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 37% | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.5 | — |
Math GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1317 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 78.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 49% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 83.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 56% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 56.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 47.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 27.1% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.3% | 60.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1507 | 1258 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 36.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 45.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 74% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 59.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), gpt-oss-20b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1303 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 27.1% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 37.5% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1471 | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1519 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1472 | 1255 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1485 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1448 | 1236 |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | 1278 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1267 |
| LMArena French | 1493 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1469 | 1236 |
| IFEval | — | 73.2% |
Long Context GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1473 | 1250 |
| CL-bench | 27.9% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 21.7% | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1469 | 1287 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1201 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1840 | 666 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1482 | 1268 |
| WildBench | — | 73.7% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1272 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 better than gpt-oss-20b?
GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-20b costs 156× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or gpt-oss-20b?
gpt-oss-20b is cheaper. It lists at $0.018 per million input tokens and $0.09 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.
Is GPT-5.4 or gpt-oss-20b better for coding?
GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and gpt-oss-20b share?
29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and gpt-oss-20b has 34.