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LLaMA 3.1 vs GPT-4o mini

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
OpenAI
GPT-4o mini
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateJul 23 2024Jul 18 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
14%Best
2%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4o mini shipped 5 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or GPT-4o mini?

LLaMA 3.1 leads GPT-4o mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). GPT-4o mini shipped 5 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is open weight, while GPT-4o mini is proprietary.

On BullshitBench v2, LLaMA 3.1 leads at 14% vs GPT-4o mini at 2%.

Frequently asked questions

LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.

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

LLaMA 3.1 is an open weight model released by Meta. GPT-4o mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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