Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Llama 2-7B

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

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 15.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 54% for GPT-5.5 and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Llama 2-7B specifications
GPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
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 tracked7129

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14941002
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
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: 72.8 (#11), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles54%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891009
Epoch Capabilities Index159.199.06
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
ForecastBench60.6—
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert15081036
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1467973
LMArena Chinese1533973
LMArena French1486970
LMArena German1480978
LMArena Russian1473995
LMArena Spanish14681007
LMArena Japanese1498—
LMArena Korean1460—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14791006

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1484999
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text14721053
LMArena Creative Writing14551033
LMArena Multi-Turn14761029
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Llama 2-7B?

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

Is GPT-5.5 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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