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LLaMA 1 vs GPT-5-Codex

Meta
LLaMA 1
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Sep 15 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
39%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 934 days before GPT-5-Codex

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or GPT-5-Codex?

LLaMA 1 and GPT-5-Codex don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 1 shipped 934 days before GPT-5-Codex, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is open weight, while GPT-5-Codex is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 1 and GPT-5-Codex don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.

GPT-5-Codex was released by OpenAI on Sep 15 2025.

LLaMA 1 is an open weight model released by Meta. GPT-5-Codex is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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