LLaMA 1 vs o4-mini
Meta LLaMA 1 | OpenAI o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | OpenAI |
| Release date | Feb 24 2023 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | 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. | — | 8% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | LLaMA 1 shipped 782 days before o4-mini | |
Which is better: LLaMA 1 or o4-mini?
LLaMA 1 and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 1 shipped 782 days before o4-mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 1 is open weight, while o4-mini is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 1 and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
LLaMA 1 is an open weight model released by Meta. o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.