Side-by-side comparison of GPT-OSS 120b (OpenAI · USA) and Qwen 2.5 (Alibaba · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. GPT-OSS 120b is rated EU-ready; Qwen 2.5 is conditional. They part ways on origin: GPT-OSS 120b is "USA", Qwen 2.5 is "China".
| 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 Legally clean under Apache 2.0, but Chinese origin raises supply-chain and geopolitical questions. Vet carefully for sensitive use cases. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 33/100 | 16/100 |
| Speed | 212 tok/s | 55 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.26/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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