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LLaMA 1 vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Meta LLaMA 1 vs OpenAI GPT-5.1-Codex-Max — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
OpenAI
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Nov 19 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 999 days before GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

LLaMA 1 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 999 days before GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.1-Codex-Max 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-5.1-Codex-Max released?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max was released by OpenAI on Nov 19 2025.
Is LLaMA 1 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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