OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b

The OpenAI gpt-oss-safeguard-20b model, a 21B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model designed for safety reasoning, demonstrates strong overall performance. It consistently ranks among the fastest models, placing in the 84th percentile across eight benchmarks, and offers competitive pricing, typically falling within the 63rd percentile. Notably, its reliability is exceptional, boasting a 99% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures. In terms of specific performance, gpt-oss-safeguard-20b exhibits key strengths in several areas. It achieves high accuracy in Coding (95%, 96th percentile), Email Classification (99%, 88th percentile), and Reasoning (94%, 85th percentile), with the latter being particularly impressive as it is the most accurate among models of comparable speed. Instruction Following is also strong at 69% accuracy (80th percentile). While its General Knowledge is solid at 97% accuracy, its percentile ranking (50th) suggests a competitive landscape. A notable weakness appears in its handling of Hallucinations, where it achieved 86% accuracy (31st percentile), indicating room for improvement in acknowledging uncertainty. Ethics performance is respectable at 98% accuracy, though its percentile (43rd) is moderate. Mathematics accuracy is 89% (63rd percentile). Overall, the model excels in practical application-oriented tasks and complex reasoning, making it well-suited for its intended safety and content moderation roles.