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gpt-oss-20b vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Flash wins on 5/5 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Flash wins 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Qwen3.6 Flashgeneral·Qwen3.6 Flashmath·Qwen3.6 Flash
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
gpt-oss-20b
#106 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.6 Flash
#181 by perf·#1 by attention
Best value
gpt-oss-20b
9.9x better value than Qwen3.6 Flash
gpt-oss-20b
665.0 pts/$
$0.08/M
Qwen3.6 Flash
67.0 pts/$
$0.66/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
gpt-oss-20bQwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +7.4
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
gpt-oss-20b
0.0
Qwen3.6 Flash
7.4
Dtbench
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +15.1
gpt-oss-20b
46.7
Qwen3.6 Flash
61.8
GPQA diamond
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +31.3
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
gpt-oss-20b
49.7
Qwen3.6 Flash
81.0
Lmca
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +19.4
gpt-oss-20b
17.1
Qwen3.6 Flash
36.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +19.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
gpt-oss-20b
65.2
Qwen3.6 Flash
84.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 0.0 | 7.4 |
Dtbench | 46.7 | 61.8 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 49.7 | 81.0 |
Lmca | 17.1 | 36.5 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 65.2 | 84.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.03 | $0.13 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $0.55 | |
| $0.19 | $1.13 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $4.22 |