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gpt-oss-120b vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: gpt-oss-120b vs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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Overview

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct was released 1 year before gpt-oss-120b.
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Llama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 405B Instruct
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
OpenAI logoOpenAI
Meta logoMeta
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
131K
tokens
32.8K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
131K
tokens
16.4K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
August 5th, 2025
July 23rd, 2024

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
gpt-oss-120b
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text
📝Text
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GPTLlama3
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source
Model availability
Available on HuggingFace →Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

gpt-oss-120b is roughly 0.09x less expensive compared to Llama 3.1 405B Instruct for input tokens and roughly 0.4x less expensive for output tokens.
gpt-oss-120bgpt-oss-120b
Llama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 405B Instruct
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$0.07
per million tokens
$0.80
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$0.28
per million tokens
$0.80
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Llama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 405B Instruct
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
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At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes gpt-oss-120b and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct unique.
OpenAI logogpt-oss-120b by OpenAI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131K token context window. Very affordable at $0.07/M input and $0.28/M output tokens. Released August 5th, 2025.
Meta logoLlama 3.1 405B Instruct by Meta can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 32.8K token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.80/M input and $0.80/M output tokens. Released July 23rd, 2024.

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