Side-by-side comparison of GPT-OSS 120b (OpenAI · USA) and Mistral Large 2 (Mistral AI · France) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. GPT-OSS 120b is rated EU-ready; Mistral Large 2 is conditional. They part ways on licence: GPT-OSS 120b is "Apache 2.0", Mistral Large 2 is "MRL (research)".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready OpenAI's first major open-weights release. Apache 2.0, MoE with 5.1B active over 117B total, MXFP4 quantised to fit a single 80GB GPU. Historic shift for a vendor that built its brand on closed weights. | Conditional Frontier 123B dense model from an EU vendor. Open weights under Mistral Research License — non-commercial by default. Commercial deployment requires a separate paid licence from Mistral AI. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | MRL (research) |
| Commercial use | Yes | Paid licence req. |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | EU |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 33/100 | 15/100 |
| Speed | 212 tok/s | 38 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.26/M | $3.00/M |
| Context window | — | — |
| Evidence | ||
| Sources | ||
No overlapping sources between the two entries.