Model comparison
gpt-oss-20b vs Palm 2
gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where gpt-oss-20b leads 42.2 to 20.9.
- gpt-oss-20b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-08-05 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.018 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.09 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1306 | 994 |
| SciCode | 34.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 40.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 566.05 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 3.4% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1274 | 1005 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| DTBench | 68% | — |
| LMCA | 14.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.82 | — |
Math gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1317 | 1049 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 65.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 56.5% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 60.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 74% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 59.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1258 | — |
Multilingual gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 887 |
| LMArena German | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1267 | — |
Instruction Following gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1236 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 73.2% | — |
Long Context gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1250 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference gpt-oss-20b leads
gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1201 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 994 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 666 | — |
| WildBench | 73.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is gpt-oss-20b better than Palm 2?
gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is gpt-oss-20b or Palm 2 better for coding?
gpt-oss-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.