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OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b vs Thinking Machines: Inkling

Compare OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b and Thinking Machines: Inkling by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

Onebase URL to migrate

100sof models and routes

Noneprompt logs by default

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b has more provider fallback routes, while Thinking Machines: Inkling has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b with the lower p50 TTFT.

$0.1785/1MOpenAI: gpt-oss-20b cheapest route

$5.3025/1MThinking Machines: Inkling cheapest route

2278 msOpenAI: gpt-oss-20b measured p50 TTFT

4815 msThinking Machines: Inkling measured p50 TTFT

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bThinking Machines: Inkling

Model idopenai/gpt-oss-20bthinkingmachines/inkling

PublisherOpenAITogether

AI IQ IQ 100#68 IQ 106#51

Context131,072 tokens524,288 tokens

Provider routes115

Cheapest route$0.1785/1M$5.3025/1M

Privacy posturehas ZDR routehas ZDR route

Modes chat chat

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b routes

Overview11 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Thinking Machines: Inkling routes

Overview5 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-oss-20b",
    messages=messages,
)