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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs gpt-oss-120b

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 wins 9 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · math.

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Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
#76 by perf·#6 by attention
DESERVED
gpt-oss-120b
#127 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
5.6x better value than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
85.5 pts/$
$0.65/M
gpt-oss-120b
475.4 pts/$
$0.10/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731gpt-oss-120b
Chess Puzzles
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +13.7
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
29.5
gpt-oss-120b
15.8
Dtbench
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +24.4
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
84.9
gpt-oss-120b
60.5
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +20.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
88.0
gpt-oss-120b
67.7
Lmca
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +23.0
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
49.1
gpt-oss-120b
26.1
Mystery Game Puzzles
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +27.3
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
27.3
gpt-oss-120b
0.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +5.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
94.4
gpt-oss-120b
88.9
SimpleBench
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +46.8
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
53.3
gpt-oss-120b
6.5
SimpleQA Verified
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +19.7
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
33.6
gpt-oss-120b
13.9
WeirdML
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads by +14.8
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
63.0
gpt-oss-120b
48.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731gpt-oss-120b
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
29.515.8
Dtbench
84.960.5
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
88.067.7
Lmca
49.126.1
Mystery Game Puzzles
27.30.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
94.488.9
SimpleBench
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
53.36.5
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
33.613.9
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
63.048.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.02$1.281.0M tokens (~524 books)$3.31
OpenAI logogpt-oss-120b$0.04$0.17131K tokens (~66 books)$0.70