Llama 3 70B vs GPT-4o mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Llama 3 70B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 3 70B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o mini only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

Llama 3 70B

47.2

GPT-4o mini

82

58
MMLU
82
58
GPQA
-
56
SuperGPQA
-
54
OpenBookQA
-
55
MMLU-Pro
-
2
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-4o mini

Llama 3 70B

26

GPT-4o mini

87.2

50
HumanEval
87.2
9
SWE-bench Verified
-
19
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Llama 3 70B
58
AIME 2023
-
60
AIME 2024
-
59
AIME 2025
-
54
HMMT Feb 2023
-
56
HMMT Feb 2024
-
55
HMMT Feb 2025
-
57
BRUMO 2025
-
71
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Llama 3 70B
56
SimpleQA
-
54
MuSR
-
74
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Llama 3 70B
77
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

Llama 3 70B

72

GPT-4o mini

87

72
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 3 70B or GPT-4o mini?

Llama 3 70B is ahead overall, 51 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 50 and 87.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 3 70B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 47.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3 70B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 26. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Llama 3 70B or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 72. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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