The honest, $0-markup cost to run gpt-oss-20b (OpenAI, 21B) and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (Mistral AI, 46.7B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| gpt-oss-20b | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 21B | 46.7B |
| Context window | ✓ 131.1K | 32.8K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ✓ ~15 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~34 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | ✓ $0.12/hr | $0.24/hr |
| Your API key | ✓ $0.08/1M | $0.24/1M (last-known) |
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