Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs GPT-4

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 34.9.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and GPT-4 specifications
ERNIE 5.1GPT-4
ProviderBaiduOpenAI
Noometry Index43.829.1
Released—2023-03-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—8K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$30
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked1938

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Coding14881254
WeirdML—12.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.2%
HumanEval+—79.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, GPT-4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Search1227—
METR Time Horizons—36.1%

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Hard Prompts14811241
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—62.7%
LMCA—17.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—75.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.89
ForecastBench—57.8
HellaSwag—95.3%
WinoGrande—87.5%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Math14811269
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
MATH Level 5—23%
GSM8K—92%

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Expert14921211
GPQA Diamond—35.7%
MMLU—86.4%
TriviaQA—84.8%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Non-English14541246
LMArena Chinese15081242
LMArena French14881283
LMArena German14701251
LMArena Japanese14221209
LMArena Korean14271184
LMArena Russian14591251
LMArena Spanish14731261

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Instruction Following14601241

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Longer Query14621244

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1GPT-4
LMArena Text14681263
LMArena Creative Writing14411244
LMArena Multi-Turn14711257
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—752

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than GPT-4?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or GPT-4 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and GPT-4 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.

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