gpt-oss-20b vs MiniMax M2
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
gpt-oss-20b
OpenAI · Aug 2025
The small gpt-oss variant that runs on a 16GB consumer GPU or laptop — local reasoning for everyone, Apache 2.0 licensed.
MiniMax M2
68.9MiniMax · Oct 2025
A 10B-active MoE tuned purely for agents and code — striking capability-per-active-parameter at rock-bottom prices.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: gpt-oss-20b works out roughly 6.0x cheaper per blended million tokens. MiniMax M2 also takes 205K of context versus 131K for gpt-oss-20b.
Specs & pricing
| gpt-oss-20b | MiniMax M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | 68.9 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.05 | $0.3 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.2 | $1.2 |
| Context window | 131K | 205K |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Open weights | yes (Apache 2.0) | yes (MIT) |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
| Released | Aug 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $0.8 | $4.80 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, gpt-oss-20b or MiniMax M2?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: gpt-oss-20b works out roughly 6.0x cheaper per blended million tokens. MiniMax M2 also takes 205K of context versus 131K for gpt-oss-20b.
- Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-20b or MiniMax M2?
- gpt-oss-20b costs $0.05/$0.2 per million input/output tokens, while MiniMax M2 costs $0.3/$1.2. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $0.8 versus $4.80.
- Which model is better for coding, gpt-oss-20b or MiniMax M2?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.