Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Llama 3.1-405B

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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-5.5 leads 81.7 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for GPT-5.5 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-5.5 and Llama 3.1-405B specifications
GPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index63.430.7
Released2026-04-232024-07-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7142

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
WeirdML84.9%21.4%
LMArena Coding14941291
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
TheAgentCompany—7.4%
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
Cybench—7.5%
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 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
SimpleBench69%23%
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%45%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891269
DTBench96%61.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1128.75
ForecastBench60.659.9
ARC-AGI-285%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
BIG-Bench Hard—82.9%
HellaSwag—89.2%
PIQA—85.9%
WinoGrande—89.2%

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
GPQA Diamond94%50.9%
LMArena Expert15081243
SimpleQA Verified63%—
MMLU-Pro—72.3%
Confabulations—17.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)—52.2%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—95.3%
MMLU—84.5%
TriviaQA—82.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Llama 3.1-405B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
LMArena Non-English14671248
LMArena Chinese15331242
LMArena French14861279
LMArena German14801252
LMArena Japanese14981208
LMArena Korean14601184
LMArena Russian14731265
LMArena Spanish14681260

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
LMArena Instruction Following14791259
IFEval—81.1%

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
LMArena Longer Query14841266
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.1-405B
LMArena Text14721284
LMArena Creative Writing14551262
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844870
LMArena Multi-Turn14761297
WildBench—78.3%
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Llama 3.1-405B?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Llama 3.1-405B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.

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