Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Palm 2

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 45.7 to 20.9.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
ProviderOpenAIGoogle
Noometry Index33.630.0
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4710

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Coding1367994
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts13491005
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Palm 2 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Math13431049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—
LMArena Expert1338—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1318916
LMArena Chinese1329887
LMArena French1358—
LMArena German1351—
LMArena Japanese1290—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Russian1324—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following13331010
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query13441010
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniPalm 2
LMArena Text13401027
LMArena Creative Writing1300991
LMArena Multi-Turn1354994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Palm 2?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Palm 2 better for coding?

GPT-4.1 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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