Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Llama 2-7B

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.1 leads 64.5 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 32% for GPT-5.1 and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Llama 2-7B specifications
GPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index49.029.1
Released2025-11-132023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6329

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14541002
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles32%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14571009
Epoch Capabilities Index149.6499.06
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
ForecastBench58.1—
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
LiveBench78.8%—
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math14471042
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert14701036
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1431973
LMArena Chinese1495973
LMArena French1450970
LMArena German1438978
LMArena Russian1435995
LMArena Spanish14331007
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14431006
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1447999
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text14431053
LMArena Creative Writing14271033
LMArena Multi-Turn14501029
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Llama 2-7B?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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