# GPT-4 vs Llama 13b

> GPT-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-vs-llama-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 13b in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-4 leads 65.3 to 36.7.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 24.4 |
| Rank | 316 | 348 |
| Context | 8K | — |
| Input $/M | $30 | — |
| Output $/M | $60 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)
- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 683 |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)
- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 728 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.89 | 100.58 |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | 79.2% |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | 73% |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |

## Math

- GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)
- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 838 |
| GSM8K | 92% | 20.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 86.4% | 47.7% |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | 77.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)
- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | — |
| LMArena French | 1283 | — |
| LMArena German | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)
- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 781 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)
- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 753 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4 better than Llama 13b?

GPT-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4 or Llama 13b better for coding?

GPT-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Llama 13b share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.