GPT OSS 20B Safeguard
GPT OSS 20B Safeguard is OpenAI's language model with a 131K context window and up to 66K output tokens, available from 5 providers, starting at $0.07 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. A safety-focused open-weights language model with 21B total parameters and 3.6B active parameters, trained to interpret custom safety policies, label content, and provide transparent safety reasoning.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities6/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search✓
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | Flex | Priority | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.07 | $0.2 | N/A | $0.03 | $0.1 | $0.03 | $0.1 | $0.12 | $0.35 | |
| $0.5 | $0.5 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.075 | $0.3 | $0.037 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.075 | $0.3 | $0.0375 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.075 | $0.3 | $0.037 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host GPT OSS 20B Safeguard, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 48 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NP10s |  Azure | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | westus2 | |
| Standard_NV32as_v4 | Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 64 GB | $1.86/hr | westus2 | |
| g2-standard-24 |  GCP | 2× nvidia-l4 | 48 GB | $1.99/hr | us-east4 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT OSS 120B Safeguard | 131K | $0.150 | $0.600 | Available | |
| GPT OSS 20B Safeguard | 131K | $0.070 | $0.200 | Current | |
| GPT OSS 120B | 131K | $0.037 | $0.170 | Available | |
| GPT OSS 20B | 131K | $0.015 | $0.070 | Available |