Very long inputs
Choose gpt-oss-20b
gpt-oss-20b reads up to 131k tokens per request, against 16k for Aya Vision 32B.
Aya Vision 32B vs gpt-oss-20b: price, context and capabilities
Choose Aya Vision 32B for images as input. Choose gpt-oss-20b for very long inputs and the latest release.
In short
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- gpt-oss-20b reads more per request: 131k tokens against 16k.
- gpt-oss-20b is the newer model (August 2025, against March 2025).
- Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision.
- Only gpt-oss-20b offers reasoning, tool calling.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Images as input
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B accepts images as input; gpt-oss-20b does not.
Latest release
Choose gpt-oss-20b
gpt-oss-20b is the newer release (August 2025, against March 2025 for Aya Vision 32B).
Specifications side by side
| Aya Vision 32B | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 16k | 131k |
| Max output | No data | 131k |
| Released | March 2025 | August 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | June 2024 |
| Licence | Open weights | Open weights |
| Capabilities | Vision, Self-hostable | Reasoning, Tool calling, Self-hostable |
| API model id | c4ai-aya-vision-32b | gpt-oss-20b |
Benchmarks side by side
Leader in bold.
| Benchmark | Aya Vision 32B | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | No data | 9 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | No data | 10.6% |
| SciCode | No data | 38.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | No data | 68.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | No data | 11% |
| IFBench (instruction following) | No data | 65.1% |
| τ²-Bench (agentic tool use) | No data | 60.2% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) | No data | 34.7% |
Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index.
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Aya Vision 32B or gpt-oss-20b?
Choose Aya Vision 32B for images as input. Choose gpt-oss-20b for very long inputs and the latest release.
Which is cheaper, Aya Vision 32B or gpt-oss-20b?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
Which has the larger context window, Aya Vision 32B or gpt-oss-20b?
gpt-oss-20b reads more per request: 131k tokens against 16k.
What is the difference between Aya Vision 32B and gpt-oss-20b?
Aya Vision 32B is made by Cohere and gpt-oss-20b by OpenAI. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. gpt-oss-20b reads more per request: 131k tokens against 16k. gpt-oss-20b is the newer model (August 2025, against March 2025). Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision. Only gpt-oss-20b offers reasoning, tool calling.
Which is newer, Aya Vision 32B or gpt-oss-20b?
gpt-oss-20b was released on August 2025 and Aya Vision 32B on March 2025.