GPT-OSS 120B vs Grok 3 Mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-OSS 120B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 25 versus 23. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-OSS 120B's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 47.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 49% to 21.7%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-OSS 120B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

GPT-OSS 120B

GPT-OSS 120B

43

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

43%
HumanEval
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

GPT-OSS 120B

GPT-OSS 120B

47.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

49%
SimpleQA
21.7%
47%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

GPT-OSS 120B

49

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

51%
MMLU
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50%
GPQA
66.2%
48%
SuperGPQA
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46%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

GPT-OSS 120B

GPT-OSS 120B

50

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

51%
AIME 2023
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53%
AIME 2024
39.7%
52%
AIME 2025
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47%
HMMT Feb 2023
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49%
HMMT Feb 2024
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48%
HMMT Feb 2025
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50%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-OSS 120B or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-OSS 120B is ahead overall, 25 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 49% and 21.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-OSS 120B or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 49. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-OSS 120B or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-OSS 120B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 43 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, GPT-OSS 120B or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-OSS 120B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 50 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-OSS 120B or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-OSS 120B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 47.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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