Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 10.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 20.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 22.1% for gpt-oss-120b and 37.6% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • gpt-oss-120b is cheaper at $0.037 / $0.17 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • gpt-oss-120b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
gpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.345.3
Released2025-08-052026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1M
Max output41K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.037$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.17$1.60
Results tracked4832

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
SciCode36%45.5%
LMArena Coding13801473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 12.2 (#153), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 20.0 (#245), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
CritPt1.1%9.1%
Chess Puzzles20%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts13641460
Mystery Game Puzzles2%17%
DTBench76.3%84%
LMCA22.1%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index139.93147.37
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
Surface Evolver Bench25%—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 52.5 (#50), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%93.3%
LMArena Math13891466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond75.8%87.9%
LMArena Expert13561467
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 48.0 (#147), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English13511445
LMArena Chinese13851510
LMArena French13691473
LMArena German13531471
LMArena Japanese13311413
LMArena Korean12821415
LMArena Russian13431457
LMArena Spanish13891457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13181440
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query13191455
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text13651455
LMArena Creative Writing12751439
LMArena Multi-Turn13401460
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index. gpt-oss-120b costs 10.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120b or Qwen3.7 Plus?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper. It lists at $0.037 per million input tokens and $0.17 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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