Model comparison

gpt-oss-20b vs Llama 2-13B

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-20b OpenAI

32.5

Rank #255 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where gpt-oss-20b leads 42.2 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 68% for gpt-oss-20b and 42.2% for Llama 2-13B.

Side by side

gpt-oss-20b and Llama 2-13B specifications
gpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index32.529.6
Released2025-08-052023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.018—
Output $ / M tokens$0.09—
Results tracked3432

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Coding13061062
SciCode34.4%—
WeirdML40.9%—
ALE-Bench566.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
Terminal-Bench3.4%—

Reasoning gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles4%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts12741051
DTBench68%42.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index137.82106.17
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.2%—
CritPt1.4%—
LMCA14.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Math13171065
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202565.3%—
Omni-MATH56.5%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Expert12581030
GPQA Diamond60.8%—
MMLU-Pro74%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English12681024
LMArena Chinese13141001
LMArena German12551009
LMArena Japanese1244894
LMArena Korean1236953
LMArena Russian12781055
LMArena Spanish12671087
LMArena French—1044

Instruction Following gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following12361045
IFEval73.2%—

Long Context gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query12501064

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-13B
LMArena Text12871084
LMArena Creative Writing12011047
LMArena Multi-Turn12681050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing666—
WildBench73.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-20b better than Llama 2-13B?

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-20b or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

gpt-oss-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Llama 2-13B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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