gpt-oss-20b (high) vs Granite 4.2 3B

OpenAI · IBM · catalog 2026-09-14

Granite 4.2 3B beats gpt-oss-20b (high): cheaper ($0.025 vs $0.052/M) and at least as smart (index 9.1 vs 9).

	gpt-oss-20b (high)	Granite 4.2 3B
Speed (tok/s)	213.8 measured	213.8 measured
Blended $/M	$0.052 derived_list_blend	$0.025 derived
Intelligence index	9 measured	9.1 measured
TTFT (ms)	81 measured	48 measured
Context	131k list	—
Coding index	21 measured	18 measured
Agentic index	1 measured	1 measured

gpt-oss-20b (high) card · Granite 4.2 3B card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.