Which is cheaper, GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
As of August 30, 2026, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 63% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens ($0.20 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). GPT OSS 120B costs $0.09 / $0.45 per million tokens ($0.54 blended). Sources: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing and https://build.nvidia.com/nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-8b-v1. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does GPT OSS 120B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 cost per million tokens?
GPT OSS 120B OpenAI API pricing is $0.09 input and $0.45 output per million tokens via OpenAI. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 NVIDIA API pricing is $0.04 input and $0.16 output per million tokens via NVIDIA. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
GPT OSS 120B has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 33.6%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for GPT OSS 120B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
GPT OSS 120B supports a 131K token context window, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 supports 128K tokens. GPT OSS 120B offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
GPT OSS 120B leads on 2 of 3 shared benchmarks versus Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's 1 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 better for production use?
Both GPT OSS 120B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between GPT OSS 120B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 in my app?
Yes. Call GPT OSS 120B through OpenAI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 through NVIDIA with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this GPT OSS 120B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 pricing data?
List rates are the latest published OpenAI API pricing and NVIDIA API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing and https://build.nvidia.com/nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-8b-v1. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for GPT OSS 120B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
GPT OSS 120B supports up to 131K output tokens per request, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?
Neither GPT OSS 120B nor Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has published throughput data on this page yet. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this GPT OSS 120B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
