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Model comparison

Llama 4 Scout vs o4-mini (high)

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

39.87/100
Margin
10.1pts
winning →
49.98/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Llama 4 Scout #174 (Supported); o4-mini (high) #118 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Llama 4 Scout and o4-mini (high) share 1 comparable benchmark result. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 17 results are unique to Llama 4 Scout; 1 to o4-mini (high).

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
1
Llama 4 Scout only
17
o4-mini (high) only
1
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Llama 4 Scout and o4-mini (high) is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 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.

Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window at 10M, compared with 200K for o4-mini (high).

Category breakdown

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

Category scores and score margins for Llama 4 Scout and o4-mini (high)
CategoryLlama 4 ScoutΔo4-mini (high)
MathLlama 4 ScoutNot measuredMarginNo overlapo4-mini (high)20.2

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Llama 4 ScoutB · o4-mini (high)
  1. FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Math
    Source ↗
    A 0.000%B 24.828%
    Winner: o4-mini (high)Δ 24.8
    FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3): Llama 4 Scout scored 0.000%; o4-mini (high) scored 24.828%. o4-mini (high) wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensLlama 4 Scout$0 input / $0 outputo4-mini (high)Not availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondLlama 4 Scout128 tok/so4-mini (high)161 tok/so4-mini (high) has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenLlama 4 Scout0.70 so4-mini (high)21.94 sLlama 4 Scout reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensLlama 4 Scout10Mo4-mini (high)200KLlama 4 Scout lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.1%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 15.5%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 90Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
AA Coding IndexSource 8.2%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 17.0%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
AA-LCRSource 25.8%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 10.0%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 58.7%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 4.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -52.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 14.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.000%24.828%o4-mini (high) leads
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 6.250%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 52.9%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 783Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkLlama 4 Scouto4-mini (high)Result
AA-IFBenchSource 39.5%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Llama 4 Scout and o4-mini (high) 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 Llama 4 Scout and o4-mini (high) today?

Llama 4 Scout: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens o4-mini (high): Pricing unavailable 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.

Llama 4 Scout
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even
o4-mini (high)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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