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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs gpt-oss-120b

Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs OpenAI gpt-oss-120b — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateJun 20 2024Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Science
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 411 days before gpt-oss-120b

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or gpt-oss-120b?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and gpt-oss-120b don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 411 days before gpt-oss-120b, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.5 Sonnet is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Sonnet and gpt-oss-120b don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or gpt-oss-120b open source?
gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model released by OpenAI. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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