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gpt-oss-120b

OpenAI

Key facts · verified Oct 29, 2026

gpt-oss-120b is an OpenAI model released on 5 Aug 2025. Its API price is $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.17 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Its context window is 131k tokens. It ranks #219 on LMArena's text leaderboard (Elo 1352, read 2 Nov 2026). Source: huggingface.co.

OpenAI's open-weight Mixture-of-Experts model (117B total, 5.1B active), released under Apache 2.0. OpenAI does not run a first-party paid API for it; pricing below is from OpenRouter, one of several third-party hosts.

Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 29, 2026LMArena: 1352 Elo (rank 219) · source · retrieved Nov 2, 2026
Pricing

$0.03 / $0.17 per million tokens

Context

131k tokens

LMArena Elo

1352

LMArena rank

#219

Key Features

Open Weights Configurable Reasoning Tool Use Structured Output Self-Hostable

Full Specifications

$0.03 / $0.17 per million tokens
Identity
DeveloperOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025
StatusGA
LicenceApache 2.0
Self-hostableYes
Cost
Blended $/1M tokensinput × 0.75 + output × 0.25$0.065 / 1M tokens
Input price$0.030 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.170 / 1M tokens
Cached inputVaries by host
Batch discountVaries by host
Free tierFree tiers vary by third-party host
Capacity
Context window131k tokens
Max output131k tokens
Long-context surchargeNot applicable
Capability
Vision inNo
Audio inNo
Function callingYes
Structured outputYes
Extended reasoningYes (configurable reasoning effort)
Web searchNo
Code executionNo
Access
APIVia third-party hosts
Chat appNo (open weights)
Cloud marketplacesNot applicable (open weights)
Fine-tuningYes (open weights)
Measured quality
LMArena Elo1352 (checked Nov 2026)
LMArena rankRank 219
Elo per dollarLMArena Elo ÷ blended $/1M tokens20800