Compare/K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-20b (low)

K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)vsgpt-oss-20b (low)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

LG AI Research

K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20b (low)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
226 tok/s
TTFT
0.50s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20b (low)
Lower Latency
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (5-5)
Tie

Pricing Comparison

MetricK-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)gpt-oss-20b (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)$0.00
gpt-oss-20b (low)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)
gpt-oss-20b (low)
226 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)
gpt-oss-20b (low)
0.50s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.714.3
Coding Index
Math Index
44.062.3
GPQA Diamond
69.5%61.1%
MMLU-Pro
81.0%71.8%
LiveCodeBench
65.2%
AIME 2025
44.0%62.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.4%5.1%
SciCode
27.0%34.0%
IFBench
39.6%57.8%
TerminalBench
6.8%4.5%
K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning)5 wins
5 winsgpt-oss-20b (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) or gpt-oss-20b (low)?

K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.10/M for gpt-oss-20b (low).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

It's a tie — both models win 5 benchmarks each across 12 evaluated categories. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20b (low) generates tokens faster at 226 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.50s).

When should I use K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-20b (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: K-EXAONE (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, both perform similarly on benchmarks, and gpt-oss-20b (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.