gpt-oss-20b vs Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 7 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gpt-oss-20b | Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 21.5 B | 49.1 B |
| Architecture | GptOssForCausalLM | KimiLinearForCausalLM |
| Context length | 131,072 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,646,564 | 190,802 |
| Downloads all time | 98.6 M | 1.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-08-04 | 2025-10-30 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 57 days (28 Jul – 22 Sep)
8.6 M176 K
gpt-oss-20b
Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gpt-oss-20b · fp16 @ 128K ctx
82.4 GB / 24 GB
Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct · fp16
115.9 GB / 24 GB