Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Palm 2

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 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-5.4 leads 71.9 to 25.6.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Palm 2 specifications
GPT-5.4Palm 2
ProviderOpenAIGoogle
Noometry Index59.430.0
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6810

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Coding1497994
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14851005
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
LMArena Expert1507—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1465916
LMArena Chinese1519887
LMArena French1493—
LMArena German1472—
LMArena Japanese1485—
LMArena Korean1448—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14691010

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14731010
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Palm 2
LMArena Text14691027
LMArena Creative Writing1439991
LMArena Multi-Turn1482994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Palm 2?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Palm 2 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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