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Claude Sonnet 4 vs gpt-oss-120b

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Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateMay 22 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Sonnet 4 shipped 75 days before gpt-oss-120b

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or gpt-oss-120b?

Claude Sonnet 4 leads gpt-oss-120b on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 75 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 Sonnet 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or gpt-oss-120b open source?
gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model released by OpenAI. Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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