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Gemini 3.0 Flash vs gpt-oss-120b

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Google
Gemini 3.0 Flash
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyGoogleOpenAI
Release dateDec 17 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
90.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
78%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapgpt-oss-120b shipped 134 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash

Which is better: Gemini 3.0 Flash or gpt-oss-120b?

Gemini 3.0 Flash leads gpt-oss-120b on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). gpt-oss-120b shipped 134 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model; Gemini 3.0 Flash 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 Gemini 3.0 Flash released?
Gemini 3.0 Flash was released by Google on Dec 17 2025.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Is Gemini 3.0 Flash or gpt-oss-120b open source?
gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model released by OpenAI. Gemini 3.0 Flash is a proprietary model released by Google.

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