Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.0

Rank #210 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.1

Rank #179 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-120b leads 50.6 to 33.5.
  • gpt-oss-120b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
gpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.038.1
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output41K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.037—
Output $ / M tokens$0.17—
Results tracked4814

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.2 (#251), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 37.9 (#171)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding13801314
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
SciCode36%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 12.1 (#145), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 19.5 (#236), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 24.8 (#139)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts13641299
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench25%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.94—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 50.6 (#43), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 33.5 (#175)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math13881298
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 42.3 (#89), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 34.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert13561289
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—

Multilingual gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 48.2 (#142), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 42.1 (#196)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English13501265
LMArena Chinese13841314
LMArena German13551231
LMArena Japanese13321207
LMArena Russian13431271
LMArena French1370—
LMArena Korean1283—
LMArena Spanish1388—

Instruction Following gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.5 (#168), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.4 (#194)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following13181275
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#273), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query13191292
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.7 (#213), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.5 (#186)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text13661299
LMArena Creative Writing12741262
LMArena Multi-Turn13401299
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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