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LLaMA 1 vs GPT-5-Codex

Meta LLaMA 1 vs OpenAI GPT-5-Codex — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Sep 15 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
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 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 934 days before GPT-5-Codex, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5-Codex is proprietary.

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 LLaMA 1 released?
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
When was GPT-5-Codex released?
GPT-5-Codex was released by OpenAI on Sep 15 2025.
Is LLaMA 1 or GPT-5-Codex open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. GPT-5-Codex is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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