Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Pixtral Large

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.0 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.0

Rank #210 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #257 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 1 category and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where gpt-oss-120b leads 46.7 to 32.9.
  • gpt-oss-120b is cheaper at $0.037 / $0.17 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
  • gpt-oss-120b accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Pixtral Large specifications
gpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index36.031.7
Released2025-08-052024-11-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K128K
Max output41K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.037$2
Output $ / M tokens$0.17$6
Results tracked483

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 33.2 (#251), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
SciCode36%—
WeirdML48.2%—
LMArena Coding1380—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 12.1 (#145), Pixtral Large: —

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

Reasoning Pixtral Large leads

gpt-oss-120b: 19.5 (#236), Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1364—
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench25%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.94—

Math Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 50.6 (#43), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—
LMArena Math1388—

Knowledge Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 42.3 (#89), Pixtral Large: —

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

Multimodal Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: —, Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
LMArena Vision—1089

Multilingual Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 48.2 (#142), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1350—
LMArena Chinese1384—
LMArena French1370—
LMArena German1355—
LMArena Japanese1332—
LMArena Korean1283—
LMArena Russian1343—
LMArena Spanish1388—

Instruction Following Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 69.5 (#168), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
IFEval83.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1318—

Long Context Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#273), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1319—

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.7 (#213), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961988
LMArena Text1366—
LMArena Creative Writing1274—
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
WildBench84.5%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1340—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Pixtral Large?

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.0 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120b or Pixtral Large?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper. It lists at $0.037 per million input tokens and $0.17 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

gpt-oss-120b does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Pixtral Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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