GPT-OSS 120B vs Sarvam 105B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-OSS 120B· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 105B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-OSS 120B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Sarvam 105B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 60 to 50. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 105B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 92.3 against 56.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2025, 52% to 88.3%.

Sarvam 105B is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-OSS 120B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
PriceFree*Free*
Speed262 t/sN/A
TTFT0.79sN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-OSS 120BSarvam 105B
AgenticSarvam 105B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.043%
BrowseComp50%49.5%
OSWorld-Verified43%
CodingSarvam 105B wins
HumanEval43%
SWE-bench Verified29%45%
LiveCodeBench25%
SWE-bench Pro31%
SWE-Rebench33.3%
React Native Evals66.4%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro42%
OfficeQA Pro57%
Reasoning
MuSR47%
BBH73%
LongBench v258%
MRCRv259%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
hle11.2%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU90%90.6%
GPQA80.9%
SuperGPQA48%
MMLU-Pro90%81.7%
HLE5%
FrontierScience49%
SimpleQA49%
Instruction FollowingSarvam 105B wins
IFEval79%84.8%
Multilingual
MGSM72%
MMLU-ProX70%
MathematicsSarvam 105B wins
AIME 202351%
AIME 202453%
AIME 202552%88.3%
HMMT Feb 202347%
HMMT Feb 202449%
HMMT Feb 202548%
BRUMO 202550%
MATH-50071%98.6%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B is ahead overall, 60 to 50. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2025, where the scores are 52% and 88.3%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 51.6. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 45 versus 30. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.3 versus 56.1. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 49.5 versus 44.8. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-OSS 120B or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 79. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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