Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude Opus 4.1 offers 99.9K more tokens in context window than GPT-OSS-20B. Claude Opus 4.1 is $Infinity cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1, released by Anthropic in August 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4 family optimized for demanding reasoning, multi-step coding, and extended analysis tasks. It features a 200K token context window, 32K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking capabilities. Opus 4.1 targets complex problem-solving, multi-turn reasoning workflows, and applications requiring deep analysis with integrated tool use.
OpenAI
GPT-OSS-20B is an open-weight large language model with 20 billion parameters from OpenAI's open-source model initiative. It targets deployments requiring a smaller, efficient model that can run on consumer or mid-tier hardware while maintaining strong reasoning and coding capabilities relative to its size.
Launched on the same date

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05

GPT-OSS-20B
OpenAI
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
GPT-OSS-20B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
GPT-OSS-20B
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.1
GPT-OSS-20B
Claude Opus 4.1
2025-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
GPT-OSS-20B
Claude Opus 4.1
GPT-OSS-20B
Claude Opus 4.1
GPT-OSS-20B
Hugging Face