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gpt-oss-20b

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 lower-latency inference and deployability on consumer or single-GPU hardware. The model is trained in OpenAI’s Harmony response format and supports reasoning level configuration, fine-tuning, and agentic capabilities including function calling, tool use, and structured outputs.

8/5/2025
131,072 tokens
#175 Text (Japanese)

Specifications

Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Supported Parameters

frequency_penalty
include_reasoning
logit_bias
max_tokens
min_p
presence_penalty
reasoning
reasoning_effort
repetition_penalty
response_format
seed
stop
structured_outputs
temperature
tool_choice
tools
top_k
top_p

Reasoning Configuration

Default
Thinking on (effort: medium)
Selectable effort levels
high
medium
low
Turning thinking off
Not possible (always thinks)

How to control thinking, and what it costs

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-20b available on FastMetal?
Not at the moment. GPT-5.6 Sol, from the same lab, is available on the FastMetal API today.
What is the context window of gpt-oss-20b?
131,072 tokens, shared between the prompt and the response.
How does gpt-oss-20b rank?
#175 on the public arena's Japanese board (ELO 1,257). Ranks move as the leaderboard is updated.

Leaderboard

Text
OverallELO: 1,317
#251
JapaneseELO: 1,257
#175
ChineseELO: 1,352
#218
KoreanELO: 1,281
#175
EnglishELO: 1,331
#250
germanELO: 1,268
#226
spanishELO: 1,303
#218
russianELO: 1,308
#233
CodingELO: 1,369
#230
MathELO: 1,335
#207
Creative WritingELO: 1,240
#288
Instruction FollowingELO: 1,281
#269
Hard PromptsELO: 1,322
#250
Multi-TurnELO: 1,289
#266