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GPT-4o mini vs Llama 4 Scout

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

37.14/100
Margin
2.0pts
winning →
39.12/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-4o mini #192 (Supported); Llama 4 Scout #183 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-4o mini and Llama 4 Scout share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to GPT-4o mini; 8 to Llama 4 Scout.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
10
GPT-4o mini only
0
Llama 4 Scout only
8
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-4o mini and Llama 4 Scout is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

GPT-4o mini is priced at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Scout. Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window at 10M, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-4o mini$0.15 input / $0.6 outputLlama 4 Scout$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Scout has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-4o mini33 tok/sLlama 4 Scout128 tok/sLlama 4 Scout has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-4o mini3.16 sLlama 4 Scout0.70 sLlama 4 Scout reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-4o mini128KLlama 4 Scout10MLlama 4 Scout lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.0%1.1%Llama 4 Scout leads
GDPval-AASource 0.0%0.0%Tie
GDPval-AASource 241111GPT-4o mini leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 15.5%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-SciCodeSource 22.9%17.0%GPT-4o mini leads
AA Coding IndexSource 11.4%8.2%GPT-4o mini leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-LCRSource 25.8%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 6.9%10.0%Llama 4 Scout leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 42.6%58.7%Llama 4 Scout leads
AA-HLESource 4.0%4.3%Llama 4 Scout leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -52.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 14.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.000%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 41.5%52.9%Llama 4 Scout leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 780Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniLlama 4 ScoutResult
AA-IFBenchSource 31.0%39.5%Llama 4 Scout leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-4o mini and Llama 4 Scout on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-4o mini and Llama 4 Scout today?

GPT-4o mini: $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens Llama 4 Scout: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GPT-4o mini
API / mo$563
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Scout
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 24, 2026