DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs GPT Oss 120B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs GPT Oss 120B: GPT Oss 120B is cheaper by 48% on average. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B from OVHcloud AI (131,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT Oss 120B from Cerebras (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
0131,072
400
0131,000
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, GPT Oss 120B is 41% cheaper than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B — a savings of $141/month ($1,695/year).
Crossover: GPT Oss 120B is cheaper when output/input ≤ 4.00 (input-heavy workloads — RAG, retrieval). DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B wins above (long-form generation).
Current workload ratio: 0.13 (400/3000)
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gpt-oss-120b
provider: cerebras
fallback:
model: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
provider: ovhcloud
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | GPT Oss 120B | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.670/M | $0.350/M |
| Output price | $0.670/M | $0.750/M |
| Context window | 131,000 | 131,072 |
| Max output | 131,000 | 32,768 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | — | — |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |