GPT-OSS 20B vs Holo3-35B-A3B

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 20B· Holo3-35B-A3B

Quick Verdict

Pick Holo3-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-OSS 20B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 128K context window.

Holo3-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Holo3-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 77.8 against 33.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 31% to 77.8%.

Holo3-35B-A3B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $1.80 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-OSS 20B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-OSS 20B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*$0.25 / $1.80
Speed313 t/sN/A
TTFT0.65sN/A
Context128K64K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-OSS 20BHolo3-35B-A3B
AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.035%
OSWorld-Verified31%77.8%
Coding
HumanEval23%
SWE-bench Verified14%
LiveCodeBench11%
SWE-bench Pro18%
React Native Evals64.3%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro31%
OfficeQA Pro42%
Reasoning
MuSR27%
LongBench v248%
MRCRv248%
Knowledge
MMLU85.3%
GPQA30%
SuperGPQA28%
MMLU-Pro53%
HLE1%
FrontierScience34%
SimpleQA29%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
MGSM61%
MMLU-ProX59%
Mathematics
AIME 202331%
AIME 202433%
AIME 202532%
HMMT Feb 202327%
HMMT Feb 202429%
HMMT Feb 202528%
BRUMO 202530%
MATH-50059%
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, GPT-OSS 20B or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B is ahead overall, 78 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 31% and 77.8%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-OSS 20B or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 33.1. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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