gpt-oss-20bvsQwen3.7-Max
gpt-oss-20b | Qwen3.7-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 21B | — |
Context window | 128k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 71% |
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | — | 60.6% |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 60.7% | — |
Competitive coding LiveCodeBenchCoding problems published so recently the AI can't have seen them in training — a contamination-free test of raw programming skill. Higher is better. | — | 91.6% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 69.7% |
Multi-step tool use MCP AtlasCan the AI chain together many tools and steps to complete one bigger task, rather than doing just a single thing? Higher is better. | — | 76.4% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | 10.9% | — |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | 17.3% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 71.5% | 92.4%Best |
General knowledge MMLUA 57-subject multiple-choice exam — history, law, medicine, maths — that was the standard measure of how much a model knows from 2020 until roughly 2024, when frontier scores crowded into the high 80s and labs moved on to harder tests. The scores here were published years apart under different testing setups, so read them as a historical record rather than a like-for-like ranking. Higher is better. | 85.3% | — |
Community preference Arena Elo (Text)Real people chat with two anonymous AIs side by side and vote for the answer they prefer. Votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai — it measures which AI people actually like, not test scores. Higher is better. | — | 1475 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Release date | Aug 5 2025 | May 20 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
Which is better: gpt-oss-20b or Qwen3.7-Max?
Qwen3.7-Max leads gpt-oss-20b on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). gpt-oss-20b shipped 288 days before Qwen3.7-Max, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
gpt-oss-20b is open weight, while Qwen3.7-Max is proprietary.
On GPQA Diamond, Qwen3.7-Max leads at 92.4% vs gpt-oss-20b at 71.5%.
Frequently asked questions
gpt-oss-20b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.
Qwen3.7-Max was released by Qwen on May 20 2026.
Qwen3.7-Max leads on GPQA Diamond — gpt-oss-20b 71.5% vs Qwen3.7-Max 92.4%.
gpt-oss-20b is an open weight model released by OpenAI. Qwen3.7-Max is a proprietary model released by Qwen.
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