Llama 3 70B vs o4-mini (high)

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

Quick Verdict

o4-mini (high) wins overall with a score of 65 vs 48 (17 point difference).o4-mini (high) wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

o4-mini (high)

Llama 3 70B

56.5

o4-mini (high)

80.5

58
MMLU
82
58
GPQA
82
56
SuperGPQA
80
54
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

o4-mini (high)

Llama 3 70B

50

o4-mini (high)

74

50
HumanEval
74

Mathematics

o4-mini (high)

Llama 3 70B

57

o4-mini (high)

82

58
AIME 2023
83
60
AIME 2024
85
59
AIME 2025
84
54
HMMT Feb 2023
79
56
HMMT Feb 2024
81
55
HMMT Feb 2025
80
57
BRUMO 2025
82

Reasoning

o4-mini (high)

Llama 3 70B

55

o4-mini (high)

79

56
SimpleQA
80
54
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 3 70B or o4-mini (high)?

o4-mini (high) scores higher overall with 65 vs 48, a difference of 17 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 3 70B or o4-mini (high)?

o4-mini (high) leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.5 vs 56.5.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3 70B or o4-mini (high)?

o4-mini (high) leads in coding with an average score of 74 vs 50.

Which is better for math, Llama 3 70B or o4-mini (high)?

o4-mini (high) leads in math with an average score of 82 vs 57.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 3 70B or o4-mini (high)?

o4-mini (high) leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 55.