Model comparison
GPT-5 Pro vs StarCoder 2 3B
GPT-5 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#64); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5 Pro scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 3B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5 Pro leads 44.0 to 33.5.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 46.4 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2025-10-06 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 400K | — |
| Max output | 272K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $120 | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5 Pro leads
GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 60.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| AlgoTune | 1.31 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Reasoning Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.28 | 88.76 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 61.6% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 76.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 70.2% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 18.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 19.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 31.6% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5 Pro better than StarCoder 2 3B?
GPT-5 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#64); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is GPT-5 Pro or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and StarCoder 2 3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.