Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B vs gpt-oss-20b

Benchmark Performance

Available Benchmarks

BenchmarkMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-20b
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader1,421.16100% of row best · rating · mistral-medium-3.5; 95% CI [1414.62812191, 1427.69573067]; votes 11017; rank 981,287.2791% of row best · rating · gpt-oss-20b; 95% CI [1280.87434855, 1293.66774302]; votes 10386; rank 242
Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above1 benchmark winOverall lead0 benchmark wins

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FieldAt a Glance
Mistral AI · activeMistral-Medium-3.5-128BVerified Aug 28, 2026
Openai · activegpt-oss-20bVerified Aug 28, 2026

Technical Differences

Side-by-Side Facts

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FieldMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-20b
DeveloperMistral AIOpenai
FamilyMistral Medium 3 5 128bGpt Oss
ModelMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-20b
VersionMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-20b
Lifecycleactiveactive
ReleasedUnknownUnknown
Knowledge cutoffUnknownUnknown
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
Output modalitiesTextText
Context window262,144131,072
Total parameters127,704,210,17620,914,757,184
Active parametersUnknown3,600,000,000
Licenseotherapache-2.0
Open weightsYesYes
API availableUnknownYes
Self-hostableYesYes
Provider accessUnknownDeepinfra (Standard), Groq (Standard), Hugging Face (Standard), Openrouter (Standard), Together Ai (Standard)
Capabilitieschat, generation, reasoning, toolschat, generation, reasoning, tools

13 comparable fields · 8 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B Capabilities

chatgenerationreasoningtools
Input price
Output price
Serving providers0
Canonical IDmistralai/Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B

gpt-oss-20b Capabilities

chatgenerationreasoningtools
Input price$0.030
Output price$0.13
Serving providers5
Canonical IDopenai/gpt-oss-20b

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Primary Evidence

Sources and Freshness

Questions

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B vs gpt-oss-20b FAQs

Is Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b better for coding?+

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-20b, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Which is cheaper, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

Only gpt-oss-20b has a directly sourced input price: $0.030 per million tokens. Only gpt-oss-20b has a directly sourced output price: $0.13 per million tokens.

Which has a larger context window, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B has the larger sourced context window. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B supports 262,144 and gpt-oss-20b supports 131,072.

Which performs better in benchmarks, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Can Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b be self-hosted?+

Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: supported. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is open weight; gpt-oss-20b is open weight.

Can Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-20b understand images?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is documented with image input; gpt-oss-20b is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Which can generate longer answers, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is — and gpt-oss-20b is —.

Do Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-20b support reasoning and tool use?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. gpt-oss-20b: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Which is available from more inference providers, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B has 0 sourced provider routes; gpt-oss-20b has 5, so gpt-oss-20b has broader tracked availability.

Which offers better value, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-20b?+

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.

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