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Magistral Small vs gpt-oss-120b

Mistral Magistral Small vs OpenAI gpt-oss-120b — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Magistral Small
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJun 10 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMagistral Small shipped 56 days before gpt-oss-120b

Which is better: Magistral Small or gpt-oss-120b?

Magistral Small and gpt-oss-120b do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Magistral Small shipped 56 days before gpt-oss-120b, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Small 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 Magistral Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Is Magistral Small or gpt-oss-120b open source?
gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model released by OpenAI. Magistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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