Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Wizardlm 70b

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-120b leads 52.5 to 32.2.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Wizardlm 70b specifications
gpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index36.333.0
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output41K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.037—
Output $ / M tokens$0.17—
Results tracked4812

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding13801081
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 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
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 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13641079
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 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13891116
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
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 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13511078
LMArena Chinese13851052
LMArena German13531083
LMArena Russian13431155
LMArena French1369—
LMArena Japanese1331—
LMArena Korean1282—
LMArena Spanish1389—

Instruction Following gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13181093
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Wizardlm 70b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13191097
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13651120
LMArena Creative Writing12751149
LMArena Multi-Turn13401108
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Wizardlm 70b?

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

gpt-oss-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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