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Head to head

gpt-oss-safeguard-20bvsGPT-5 Nano

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · measured basis

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b costs $0.0002 per solved task against GPT-5 Nano at $0.0010 — ▼ 5.5x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $0.17 a month.

On output token price alone gpt-oss-safeguard-20b looks 1.3x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for gpt-oss-safeguard-20b and GPT-5 Nano
Figuregpt-oss-safeguard-20bGPT-5 Nano
Input $/Mtok$0.075$0.05
Output $/Mtok$0.3$0.4
Cached input $/Mtok$0.037$0.005
Pass rate97%100%
Cost per solved task$0.0002measured$0.0010measured
Cost per month$0.04$0.21

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for gpt-oss-safeguard-20b (measured, $0.0002 per solved task), GPT-5 Nano (measured, $0.0010 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$0.01$0.1$1$10$100TASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksgpt-oss-safeguard-20b · MEASURED · $0.0002 per solved task$0.04GPT-5 Nano · MEASURED · $0.0010 per solved task$0.21— gpt-oss-safeguard-20b · MEASURED— GPT-5 Nano · MEASURED

Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.

Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings