Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Llama 3.1-405B

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.1-405B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 45.5 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 88.9% for GPT-5.4 mini and 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B.
  • Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 mini and Llama 3.1-405B specifications
GPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index45.030.7
Released2026-03-172024-07-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$4.50—
Results tracked4642

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72), Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
WeirdML60.3%21.4%
LMArena Coding14381291
FrontierCode27%—
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode49.9%—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81), Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
TheAgentCompany—7.4%
Cybench—7.5%
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85), Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%45%
LMArena Hard Prompts14241269
DTBench80%61.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.84128.75
ForecastBench5759.9
ARC-AGI-218.9%—
SimpleBench—23%
NYT Connections (extended)61.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization61.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles11%—
LMCA40.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard—82.9%
HellaSwag—89.2%
PIQA—85.9%
WinoGrande—89.2%

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75), Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%9.7%
LMArena Math14191281
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
ProofBench21%—
Omni-MATH—24.9%
MATH Level 5—49.8%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67), Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
GPQA Diamond86.9%50.9%
LMArena Expert14351243
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
MMLU-Pro—72.3%
Confabulations—17.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
GPQA (HELM)—52.2%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—95.3%
MMLU—84.5%
TriviaQA—82.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56), Llama 3.1-405B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96), Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Non-English14051248
LMArena Chinese14461242
LMArena French14401279
LMArena German14091252
LMArena Japanese13741208
LMArena Korean13681184
LMArena Russian14171265
LMArena Spanish14051260

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102), Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Instruction Following14051259
IFEval—81.1%

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Longer Query14071266

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Text14121284
LMArena Creative Writing13701262
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665870
LMArena Multi-Turn14291297
WildBench—78.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Llama 3.1-405B?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Llama 3.1-405B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.

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