# Llama 3.1 8B vs o1-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Llama 3.1 8B and o1-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/llama-3-1-8b-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick o1-mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 3.1 8B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- o1-mini leads overall 53 to 51.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 30.4% and 60%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 72.6% | 92.4% | o1-mini |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 73% | 85.2% | o1-mini |
| MMLU-Pro | 48.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 30.4% | 60% | o1-mini |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 7.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 68.9% | 89.9% | o1-mini |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Llama 3.1 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 8B | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Llama 3.1 8B or o1-mini?

o1-mini is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Llama 3.1 8B cover on BenchLM?

Llama 3.1 8B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does o1-mini cover on BenchLM?

o1-mini currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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## Explore More

- [Llama 3.1 8B profile](/models/llama-3-1-8b)
- [o1-mini profile](/models/o1-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)