Model comparison
gpt-oss-20b vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 1 category and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads 52.2 to 35.5.
Side by side
| gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2025-08-05 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.018 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.09 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 38.4 (#177)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1306 | 1312 |
| SciCode | 34.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 40.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 566.05 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 3.4% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 10% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1274 | 1316 |
| 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), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1317 | 1360 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 65.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 56.5% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 60.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 74% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 59.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1258 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1282 |
| LMArena Russian | 1278 | 1284 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | — |
| LMArena German | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1267 | — |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1236 | 1308 |
| IFEval | 73.2% | — |
Long Context Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1250 | 1299 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175)
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-20b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1320 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1201 | 1314 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1317 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 666 | — |
| WildBench | 73.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is gpt-oss-20b better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is gpt-oss-20b or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.6 vs 38.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11.