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GPT OSS 120B vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

GPT OSS 120B leads the LLM Stats Score 28.8 to 12.7.

OpenAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GPT OSS 120B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 28.8 to 12.7, ranking #132 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose GPT OSS 120B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 28.8 and ranks #132 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2025

Choose Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

GPT OSS 120B
OpenAI
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
28.8
#132
12.7
#250
Reasoning
23.0
#166
12.8
#241
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$0.04 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.17 / M
— / M
Context window
131,072
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
GPT OSS 120B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Math
23.3#131
7.6#263
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for GPT OSS 120B · 30 for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

GPT OSS 120B and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

44.8B diff

GPT OSS 120B has 44.8B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, making it 62.2% larger.

OpenAI
GPT OSS 120B
116.8Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
116.8B
GPT OSS 120B
72.0B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT OSS 120B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only GPT OSS 120B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

OpenAI
GPT OSS 120B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT OSS 120B does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT OSS 120B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT OSS 120B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GPT OSS 120B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT OSS 120B was released on 2025-08-05, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

GPT OSS 120B is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

GPT OSS 120B

Aug 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

6mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against GPT OSS 120B and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about GPT OSS 120B vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

Which is better, GPT OSS 120B or Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

GPT OSS 120B leads the LLM Stats Score 28.8 to 12.7. GPT OSS 120B is made by OpenAI and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does GPT OSS 120B compare to Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

GPT OSS 120B scores MMLU: 90.0%, CodeForces: 82.1%, GPQA: 80.1%, TAU-bench Retail: 67.8%, HealthBench: 57.6%. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct scores DocVQA: 96.4%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.7%, ChartQA: 89.5%, OCRBench: 88.5%, AI2D: 88.4%.

What are the context window sizes for GPT OSS 120B and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

GPT OSS 120B supports 131K tokens and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between GPT OSS 120B and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (28.8 vs 12.7), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes GPT OSS 120B and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

GPT OSS 120B is developed by OpenAI and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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