Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Wizardlm 13b

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-120b leads 52.5 to 30.2.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Wizardlm 13b specifications
gpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index36.331.4
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output41K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.037—
Output $ / M tokens$0.17—
Results tracked4810

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding13801035
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: 12.2 (#153), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 20.0 (#245), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts13641018
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench25%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.93—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 52.5 (#50), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math13891017
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—
LMArena Expert1356—

Multilingual gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 48.0 (#147), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English13511034
LMArena Chinese13851023
LMArena French1369—
LMArena German1353—
LMArena Japanese1331—
LMArena Korean1282—
LMArena Russian1343—
LMArena Spanish1389—

Instruction Following gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following13181048
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query13191054
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text13651077
LMArena Creative Writing12751091
LMArena Multi-Turn13401047
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Wizardlm 13b?

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

gpt-oss-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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