Gemma 3 12B vs GPT OSS 20B

Compare Gemma 3 12B by Google AI against GPT OSS 20B by OpenAI, in 311 community votes, gpt oss 20b wins 66% of head-to-head duels, tested across 45 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

In 311 community votes, GPT OSS 20B wins 66% of head-to-head duels. Gemma 3 12B leads in Conversation, while GPT OSS 20B leads in Web Design, Reasoning, Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the RIVAL open dataset of 311+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Web Design: GPT OSS 20B wins 66% of votes
Reasoning: GPT OSS 20B wins 67% of votes
Image Generation: GPT OSS 20B wins 85% of votes
Conversation: Gemma 3 12B wins 60% of votes
Analysis: GPT OSS 20B wins 78% of votes
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