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gpt-oss-20b (free) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch)

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Openai

Model

gpt-oss-20b (free)

Tool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Nvidia

Model

Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch)

Tool calling

Context window

512K

512,288 tokens · ~384K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

gpt-oss-20b (free)131K
Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch)512K

Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch) has about 3.9× the context window of the other in this pair.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch) has 290% more context capacity (512K vs 131K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch). Its 512K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 131K).

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

Specgpt-oss-20b (free)Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch)
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)512,288 tokens (512K)
Max output tokens131,072 tokens (131K)N/A
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingYesYes
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APINoNo
Release dateAug 2025Jun 2026

Frequently asked questions

Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch) has a larger context window: 512K tokens vs 131K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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