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Bard vs GPT-4

Google Bard vs OpenAI GPT-4 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Bard
OpenAI
GPT-4
Overview
CompanyGoogleOpenAI
Release dateMar 21 2023Mar 14 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4 shipped 7 days before Bard

Which is better: Bard or GPT-4?

Bard and GPT-4 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. GPT-4 shipped 7 days before Bard, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Bard released?
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
When was GPT-4 released?
GPT-4 was released by OpenAI on Mar 14 2023.

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