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LLaMA 4 Maverick vs GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex-Mini
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateApr 5 2025Nov 7 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
28%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 216 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or GPT-5-Codex-Mini?

LLaMA 4 Maverick and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 216 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 4 Maverick is open weight, while GPT-5-Codex-Mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 4 Maverick and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.

GPT-5-Codex-Mini was released by OpenAI on Nov 7 2025.

LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open weight model released by Meta. GPT-5-Codex-Mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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