Model comparison

GPT-5 Mini vs Llama 2-7B

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Mini OpenAI

41.8

Rank #128 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Mini scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5 Mini leads 55.2 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 30% for GPT-5 Mini and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Mini and Llama 2-7B specifications
GPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index41.829.1
Released2025-08-072023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked6029

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 40.1 (#146), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14061002
SWE-bench Verified64.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)59.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%—
SciCode39.2%—
WeirdML52.7%—
ALE-Bench799.77—
AlgoTune1.38—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 31.1 (#70), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
Terminal-Bench34.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.5%—
Vending-Bench 2-31.18—

Reasoning GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 23.9 (#168), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles30%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts13801009
Epoch Capabilities Index145.5299.06
ARC-AGI-24.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-154.3%—
CritPt0%—
EnigmaEval8.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles10%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA34.2%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
ForecastBench61—
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 46.7 (#69), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Math13781042
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH72.2%—
MATH Level 597.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 45.6 (#86), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Expert13791036
GPQA Diamond75%—
Humanity's Last Exam19.4%—
SimpleQA Verified21.6%—
MMLU-Pro83.5%—
Confabulations13.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
GPQA (HELM)75.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 35.6 (#85), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1202—
VPCT40.2%—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 48.9 (#137), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1363973
LMArena Chinese1385973
LMArena French1386970
LMArena German1366978
LMArena Russian1362995
LMArena Spanish13551007
LMArena Japanese1341—
LMArena Korean1308—

Instruction Following GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 76.2 (#46), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following13571006
IFEval92.7%—

Long Context GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 41.9 (#132), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1355999
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 55.2 (#148), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniLlama 2-7B
LMArena Text13731053
LMArena Creative Writing13251033
LMArena Multi-Turn13631029
Short-Story Creative Writing83.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1313—
WildBench85.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Mini better than Llama 2-7B?

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Mini or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Mini and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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