Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 7.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 3.3% for Llama 2-70B and 89.2% for o1-mini.
  • Llama 2-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and o1-mini specifications
Llama 2-70Bo1-mini
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Noometry Index24.434.0
Released2023-07-182024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3539

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Coding10791362
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
WeirdML—36.3%
LiveBench Coding—48%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 2-70B: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
Cybench—10%

Reasoning Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts10731333
Epoch Capabilities Index113.79135.82
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
ARC-AGI-1—14%
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
DTBench41.6%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%—
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
ForecastBench51.4—
HellaSwag85.3%—
LAMBADA78.9%—
LiveBench—57.8%
PIQA82.8%—
WinoGrande80.2%—

Math o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%46.9%
LMArena Math10911358
MATH Level 53.3%89.2%
LiveBench Math—62%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
GPQA Diamond26.3%62.4%
LMArena Expert10391316
Confabulations—18.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—
MMLU69.9%—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Non-English10451289
LMArena Chinese9951314
LMArena French10901293
LMArena German10411278
LMArena Japanese9271245
LMArena Korean9641223
LMArena Russian10831283
LMArena Spanish11431303

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following10711304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Longer Query10621320

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70Bo1-mini
LMArena Text11151317
LMArena Creative Writing10751244
LMArena Multi-Turn10881314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and o1-mini share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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