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LLaMA 2 vs GPT-4o mini

Meta
LLaMA 2
OpenAI
GPT-4o mini
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateJul 18 2023Jul 18 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
2%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 2 shipped 366 days before GPT-4o mini

Which is better: LLaMA 2 or GPT-4o mini?

LLaMA 2 and GPT-4o mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 2 shipped 366 days before GPT-4o mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 2 is open weight, while GPT-4o mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 2 and GPT-4o mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

LLaMA 2 was released by Meta on Jul 18 2023.

GPT-4o mini was released by OpenAI on Jul 18 2024.

LLaMA 2 is an open weight model released by Meta. GPT-4o mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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