Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Llama 2-13B

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #8 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.1

Rank #304 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.7 to 12.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 54% for GPT-5.5 and 0% for Llama 2-13B.
  • Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Llama 2-13B specifications
GPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index63.429.1
Released2026-04-232023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7132

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.3 (#13), Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14941062
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1512—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#8), Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles54%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891051
DTBench96%42.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index159.25105.8
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
ForecastBench60.6—
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.5 (#9), Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#14), Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert15081030
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 47.1 (#11), Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.5 (#19), Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14671024
LMArena Chinese15351001
LMArena French14861043
LMArena German14781009
LMArena Japanese1498894
LMArena Korean1461953
LMArena Russian14731055
LMArena Spanish14691086

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.7 (#18), Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14791046

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14841064
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#13), Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text14711085
LMArena Creative Writing14551047
LMArena Multi-Turn14771050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Llama 2-13B?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.3 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Llama 2-13B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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