Compare/Sarvam 30B (high) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

Sarvam 30B (high)vsgpt-oss-120B (high)

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

Sarvam

Sarvam 30B (high)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
176 tok/s
TTFT
1.18s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (high)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
235 tok/s
TTFT
0.50s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Sarvam 30B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricSarvam 30B (high)gpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Sarvam 30B (high)$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Sarvam 30B (high)
176 tok/s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
235 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Sarvam 30B (high)
1.18s
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.50s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
12.333.3
Coding Index
7.928.6
Math Index
93.4
GPQA Diamond
63.3%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
80.8%
LiveCodeBench
87.8%
AIME 2025
93.4%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
7.0%18.5%
SciCode
19.2%38.9%
IFBench
26.5%69.0%
TerminalBench
2.3%23.5%
Sarvam 30B (high)0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Sarvam 30B (high) or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Sarvam 30B (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Sarvam 30B (high). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (high) generates tokens faster at 235 tok/s vs 176 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-120B (high) has lower time-to-first-token (0.50s vs 1.18s).

When should I use Sarvam 30B (high) vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: Sarvam 30B (high) for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.