Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) vs. Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high): geospatial agent comparison

Comparison between Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) and Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high) on the Geospatial Agent Index, each benchmark, cost, time and token use, from the same tasks, agent and limits. Methodology.

Side by side

Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) vs. Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)
Metric	Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high)	Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)
Geospatial Agent Index	42* (partial: attempt 1 on 209 of 565 tasks)	4* (partial: attempt 1 on 173 of 565 tasks)
Earth-Bench V2 score	36	0
GeoBenchX score	48	8
GS-QA2 score	No data	No data
GeoAgentBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	No data
GeoAnalystBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	No data
Raster and remote sensing score	44	0
Vector and overlay score	50	25
Networks and routing score	No data	No data
Climate and time series score	25	0
Spatial statistics and interpolation score	0	0
Mapping and cartography score	59	4
Recognising infeasible requests score	48	12
Cost per task	$0.298	$0.140
Time per task	15.2 min	8.0 min
Tokens per attempt	816k	683k
Turns per attempt	33.6	29.5
Attempts decided	209	170
Input price per 1M tokens	$0.35	$0.20
Output price per 1M tokens	$0.75	$0.30
Context window	128,000	128,000
Image input	No	No
Developer	OpenAI	OpenAI

Charts

Partial coverage. Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high): 36 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete; Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high): 32 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 141 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete. Grey placeholders identify these entries in the index, cost and output token charts; their height does not represent a value. Comparable bars appear when first-attempt coverage is complete. Their available results remain in the side-by-side table.

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal-weight average of the evaluation scores, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Data table: Geospatial Agent Index

Geospatial Agent Index
Model	Creator	Geospatial Agent Index	Range while attempts are pending	Benchmarks covered	Coverage (attempts)

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high), Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high).

Data table: Cost per task

Cost per task
Model	Creator	Cost per task	Coverage (attempts)

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high), Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high).

Data table: Output tokens per task

Output tokens per task
Model	Creator	Output tokens per task	Coverage (attempts)

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) or Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)?

Not comparable yet: Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) has partial coverage (36 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete) and Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high) has partial coverage (32 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 141 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete), so it is not ranked. Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high): 209 of 614 planned attempts. Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high): 170 of 614 planned attempts. Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.

Which is cheaper per task, Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) or Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)?

Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high), at $0.140 against $0.298 for Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high).

Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) or Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)?

Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high), at 29k against 31k for Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high).

Which has the larger context window, Codex – gpt-oss-120b (high) or Codex – gpt-oss-20b (high)?

They are level, at 128,000 tokens.

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