Bard vs GPT-4o
Google Bard | OpenAI GPT-4o | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | |
| Release date | Mar 21 2023 | May 13 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 12% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Bard shipped 419 days before GPT-4o | |
Which is better: Bard or GPT-4o?
Bard and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Bard shipped 419 days before GPT-4o, 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 — Bard and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13 2024.