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GPT-5.1 vs gpt-oss-120b

3 vs 0 benchmarks won

OpenAI
GPT-5.1
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyOpenAIOpenAI
Release dateNov 12 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
88.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
76.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
76%
Timeline
Release gapgpt-oss-120b shipped 99 days before GPT-5.1

Which is better: GPT-5.1 or gpt-oss-120b?

GPT-5.1 leads gpt-oss-120b on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). gpt-oss-120b shipped 99 days before GPT-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.1 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 GPT-5.1 released?
GPT-5.1 was released by OpenAI on Nov 12 2025.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Is GPT-5.1 or gpt-oss-120b open source?
gpt-oss-120b is an open-source / open-weight model released by OpenAI. GPT-5.1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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