Model comparison

gpt-oss-20b vs Llama 2-70B

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-20b OpenAI

32.1

Rank #249 Confirmed

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.1

Rank #343 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where gpt-oss-20b leads 37.6 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 65.3% for gpt-oss-20b and 0% for Llama 2-70B.

Side by side

gpt-oss-20b and Llama 2-70B specifications
gpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index32.124.1
Released2025-08-052023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.018—
Output $ / M tokens$0.09—
Results tracked3435

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.1 (#185), Llama 2-70B: 30.8 (#281)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Coding13071079
SciCode34.4%—
WeirdML40.9%—
ALE-Bench566.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: 9.2 (#146), Llama 2-70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
Terminal-Bench3.4%—

Reasoning gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 18.8 (#251), Llama 2-70B: 13.7 (#324)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts12741073
DTBench68%41.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index137.81113.59
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.2%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
LMCA14.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—64.9%
CommonsenseQA 2.0—50%
ForecastBench—51.4
HellaSwag—85.3%
LAMBADA—78.9%
PIQA—82.8%
WinoGrande—80.2%

Math gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#93), Llama 2-70B: 7.5 (#320)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202565.3%0%
LMArena Math13171091
Omni-MATH56.5%—
MATH Level 5—3.3%
GSM8K—69.6%

Knowledge gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#186), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#305)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
GPQA Diamond60.8%26.3%
LMArena Expert12581039
MMLU-Pro74%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—78.3%
BoolQ—88.6%
MMLU—69.9%
OpenBookQA—60.2%
TriviaQA—87.6%

Multilingual gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 42.4 (#192), Llama 2-70B: 27.9 (#269)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Non-English12691045
LMArena Chinese1311994
LMArena German12491041
LMArena Japanese1245927
LMArena Korean1239964
LMArena Russian12791083
LMArena Spanish12671142
LMArena French—1089

Instruction Following gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 62.0 (#235), Llama 2-70B: 55.1 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Instruction Following12361071
IFEval73.2%—

Long Context gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#203), Llama 2-70B: 32.2 (#265)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Longer Query12511062

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 35.8 (#260), Llama 2-70B: 32.5 (#274)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bLlama 2-70B
LMArena Text12881115
LMArena Creative Writing12011075
LMArena Multi-Turn12681088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing666—
WildBench73.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-20b better than Llama 2-70B?

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-20b or Llama 2-70B better for coding?

gpt-oss-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.1 versus 30.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Llama 2-70B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.

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