Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs gpt-oss-20b
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 7 categories and gpt-oss-20b in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 59.5 to 35.5.
- gpt-oss-20b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 32.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-08-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.018 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110), gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1306 |
| SciCode | — | 34.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 40.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 566.05 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: —, gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 3.4% |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94), gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1274 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 53.2% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| DTBench | — | 68% |
| LMCA | — | 14.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.82 |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124), gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1419 | 1317 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 65.3% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 56.5% |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136), gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 1258 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 60.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 74% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 59.4% |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108), gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1278 |
| LMArena German | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1267 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123), gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1236 |
| IFEval | — | 73.2% |
Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125), gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1250 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110), gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | gpt-oss-20b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1287 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1350 | 1201 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1268 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 666 |
| WildBench | — | 73.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than gpt-oss-20b?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or gpt-oss-20b better for coding?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and gpt-oss-20b share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and gpt-oss-20b has 34.