Model comparison

gpt-oss-20b vs Wizardlm 13b

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-20b OpenAI

32.5

Rank #255 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where gpt-oss-20b leads 42.2 to 27.1.

Side by side

gpt-oss-20b and Wizardlm 13b specifications
gpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index32.531.4
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.018—
Output $ / M tokens$0.09—
Results tracked3410

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding13061035
SciCode34.4%—
WeirdML40.9%—
ALE-Bench566.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
Terminal-Bench3.4%—

Reasoning Too close to call

gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts12741018
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.2%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
DTBench68%—
LMCA14.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index137.82—

Math gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math13171017
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202565.3%—
Omni-MATH56.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond60.8%—
MMLU-Pro74%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—
LMArena Expert1258—

Multilingual gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English12681034
LMArena Chinese13141023
LMArena German1255—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1236—
LMArena Russian1278—
LMArena Spanish1267—

Instruction Following gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following12361048
IFEval73.2%—

Long Context gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query12501054

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text12871077
LMArena Creative Writing12011091
LMArena Multi-Turn12681047
EQ-Bench Creative Writing666—
WildBench73.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-20b better than Wizardlm 13b?

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-20b or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

gpt-oss-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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