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Model comparison

GPT-OSS 120B vs Llama 4 Scout

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

50.08/100
Margin
10.2pts
← winning
39.87/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-OSS 120B #116 (Supported); Llama 4 Scout #174 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-OSS 120B and Llama 4 Scout share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 11 results are unique to GPT-OSS 120B; 2 to Llama 4 Scout.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
16
GPT-OSS 120B only
11
Llama 4 Scout only
2
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-OSS 120B and Llama 4 Scout is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window at 10M, compared with 128K for GPT-OSS 120B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-OSS 120B$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Scout$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-OSS 120B262 tok/sLlama 4 Scout128 tok/sGPT-OSS 120B has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-OSS 120B0.79 sLlama 4 Scout0.70 sLlama 4 Scout reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-OSS 120B128KLlama 4 Scout10MLlama 4 Scout lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 13.2%1.1%GPT-OSS 120B leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 3.1%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 65.8%15.5%GPT-OSS 120B leads
GDPval-AASource 15.0%0.0%GPT-OSS 120B leads
GDPval-AASource 79990GPT-OSS 120B leads
Gert LabsSource 29.61%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 25.5%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 0.0%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 5.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
React Native EvalsSource 71.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 30.4%8.2%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-SciCodeSource 38.9%17.0%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA LiveCodeBenchSource 87.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-LCRSource 50.7%25.8%GPT-OSS 120B leads
CritPtSource 1.1%0.0%GPT-OSS 120B leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 23.8%10.0%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 78.2%58.7%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-HLESource 18.5%4.3%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -50.0%-52.4%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 21.5%14.6%GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 91.2%78.3%Llama 4 Scout leads
AA Openness IndexSource 38.9%Not comparable
AA MMLU-ProSource 80.8%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA AIME 2025Source 93.4%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.000%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA Global-MMLU-LiteSource 82.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1000783GPT-OSS 120B leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 52.9%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-IFBenchSource 69.0%39.5%GPT-OSS 120B leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-OSS 120B and Llama 4 Scout on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-OSS 120B and Llama 4 Scout today?

GPT-OSS 120B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Llama 4 Scout: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GPT-OSS 120B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Scout
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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