Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Palm 2

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

48.8

Rank #47 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.1 leads 64.7 to 25.7.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Palm 2 specifications
GPT-5.1Palm 2
ProviderOpenAIGoogle
Noometry Index48.829.4
Released2025-11-13—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6310

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.9 (#59), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Coding1454995
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: 32.5 (#55), Palm 2: —

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

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.9 (#50), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14571005
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.66—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.3 (#45), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Math14461049
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 50.5 (#65), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
LMArena Expert1470—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.0 (#17), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 54.0 (#51), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1431916
LMArena Chinese1495887
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1439—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1430—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 84.0 (#1), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14421010
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14481010
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.7 (#53), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Palm 2
LMArena Text14431027
LMArena Creative Writing1427991
LMArena Multi-Turn1449994
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Palm 2?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Palm 2 better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.9 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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