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LLaMA 3.1 vs GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Meta LLaMA 3.1 vs OpenAI GPT-5-Codex-Mini — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex-Mini
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateJul 23 2024Nov 8 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 3.1 shipped 473 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or GPT-5-Codex-Mini?

LLaMA 3.1 and GPT-5-Codex-Mini do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 473 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5-Codex-Mini 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 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was GPT-5-Codex-Mini released?
GPT-5-Codex-Mini was released by OpenAI on Nov 8 2025.
Is LLaMA 3.1 or GPT-5-Codex-Mini open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. GPT-5-Codex-Mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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