Model comparison

Llama 3.1-405B vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 0 categories and o1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where o1 leads 36.1 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B and 73.3% for o1.
  • Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-405B and o1 specifications
Llama 3.1-405Bo1
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Noometry Index30.740.9
Released2024-07-232024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked4252

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
WeirdML21.4%47.6%
LMArena Coding12911367
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
Cybench7.5%10%
TheAgentCompany7.4%—
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
SimpleBench23%41.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts12691371
DTBench61.4%74.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index128.75141.91
Kagi LLM Benchmark45%—
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
BIG-Bench Hard82.9%—
ForecastBench59.9—
HellaSwag89.2%—
LiveBench—75.7%
PIQA85.9%—
WinoGrande89.2%—

Math o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20259.7%73.3%
LMArena Math12811388
MATH Level 549.8%94.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
Omni-MATH24.9%—
LiveBench Math—80.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
GPQA Diamond50.9%76.8%
Confabulations17.6%11.7%
LMArena Expert12431361
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
GPQA (HELM)52.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU84.5%—
TriviaQA82.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
LMArena Non-English12481358
LMArena Chinese12421394
LMArena French12791344
LMArena German12521337
LMArena Japanese12081346
LMArena Korean11841396
LMArena Russian12651356
LMArena Spanish12601345

Instruction Following o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
LMArena Instruction Following12591367
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%
IFEval81.1%—

Long Context o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
LMArena Longer Query12661378
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference o1 leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405Bo1
LMArena Text12841366
LMArena Creative Writing12621348
LMArena Multi-Turn12971369
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing870—
WildBench78.3%—
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-405B better than o1?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-405B or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and o1 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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