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gpt-oss-120b vs GLM 5.3

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), GLM 5.3 costs 4.5× as much as gpt-oss-120b: $2.41 against $0.54 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

gpt-oss-120bGLM 5.3
Input, per 1M tokens$0.15$0.325
Output, per 1M tokens$0.60$4.40
Context window131K1.31M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.096$0.239
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.54$2.41
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$1.50$4.80
Confidence signalyesyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400329not measured

Which one should carry your traffic?

If gpt-oss-120b answers your requests as well as GLM 5.3, moving that traffic saves 78% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. gpt-oss-120b exposes a confidence signal, so Gimbix can let it answer first and hand unsure cases to GLM 5.3.

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