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GPT-OSS 120B

OpenAI's open-weight gpt-oss-120b, a 117B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model (5.1B active per forward pass) built for high-reasoning, agentic and general-purpose production use - served through OpenRouter only; it is not available on the direct OpenAI API. 131K-token context, billed at OpenRouter's actual usage cost.

56/316credits
input / output ยท per 1M tokens
131K-token context window
Open-weight 117B MoE (5.1B active) with configurable reasoning effort
OpenAI-compatible API (chat completions) via /llm/openrouter/v1
Very low per-token cost for a reasoning-class model
Billed at OpenRouter's actual usage.cost - listed rates are estimates

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Model Specifications

Context Window
131K
tokens
Max Output
131K
tokens
Training Cutoff
2024-06
Compatible SDK
OpenAI

Capabilities

Vision
Function Calling
Streaming
JSON Mode
System Prompt

Token Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Token TypeCreditsUSD Equivalent
Input Tokens56$0.04
Output Tokens316$0.21
Cached Tokens55.74$0.04

* 1,500 credits โ‰ˆ $1 (actual charges may vary based on usage)

Quick Start

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the attached report in 5 bullets."
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 1024
}'

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
modelstringYes-Model ID in vendor/model form, e.g. "openai/gpt-oss-120b".
messagesarrayYes-Chat messages in OpenAI format (system/user/assistant roles).
temperaturenumberNo0.7Sampling temperature (0-2).
max_tokensintegerNo2048Maximum completion tokens.
streambooleanNofalseStream the response as server-sent events.

Examples

Chat completion

OpenAI-compatible chat completion request via OpenRouter

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the attached report in 5 bullets."
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 1024
}'

Tips & Best Practices

1Works with the OpenAI SDK - set base_url to https://ai.api.core.today/llm/openrouter/v1
2Charged at OpenRouter's usage.cost x 1,858 credits/USD - the listed rates are estimates and may lag OpenRouter price changes
3This open-weight model is not available on the direct OpenAI route (/llm/openai/v1) - use the OpenRouter id openai/gpt-oss-120b

Use Cases

Cost-efficient reasoning and agentic workflows
Coding assistants and tool-calling automation
General-purpose chat and content generation at scale