GPT-5.1-Codex-Max vs Sarvam 105B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.1-Codex-Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Sarvam 105B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 81 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 86 against 49.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 85% to 49.5%. Sarvam 105B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Sarvam 105B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for Sarvam 105B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$2.00 / $8.00Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context400K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codex-MaxSarvam 105B
AgenticGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
Terminal-Bench 2.090%
BrowseComp85%49.5%
OSWorld-Verified82%
CodingGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
HumanEval94%
SWE-bench Verified77.9%45%
LiveCodeBench67%
SWE-bench Pro84%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro85%
OfficeQA Pro92%
Reasoning
MuSR92%
BBH92%
LongBench v290%
MRCRv293%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
hle11.2%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU98%90.6%
GPQA96%
SuperGPQA94%
MMLU-Pro82%81.7%
HLE27%
FrontierScience84%
SimpleQA94%
Instruction FollowingGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
IFEval91%84.8%
Multilingual
MGSM89%
MMLU-ProX87%
MathematicsGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%88.3%
HMMT Feb 202395%
HMMT Feb 202497%
HMMT Feb 202596%
BRUMO 202596%
MATH-50093%98.6%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is ahead overall, 81 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 85% and 49.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 74.4. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 45. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.1 versus 92.3. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 49.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91 versus 84.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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