Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs GPT-4o

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 41 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 41 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 10 categories and GPT-4o in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-4.5 leads 32.6 to 10.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 37.8% for GPT-4.5 and 6.4% for GPT-4o.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and GPT-4o specifications
GPT-4.5GPT-4o
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index37.228.6
Released2025-02-272024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—128K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked4272

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
Aider Polyglot44.9%45.3%
WeirdML39.4%25.1%
LiveBench Coding75.2%51.4%
LMArena Coding13961297
SWE-bench Verified—31%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—21.6%
GSO—0%
BigCodeBench Instruct—51.1%
BigCodeBench Complete—61.1%
CadEval—26%
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—72.2%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
Cybench17.5%12.5%
GDPval—9.9%
TheAgentCompany—8.6%
BALROG—32.3%
LMArena Search—1006
METR Time Horizons—40.8%

Reasoning GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
ARC-AGI-20.8%0%
SimpleBench34.5%17.8%
ARC-AGI-110.3%4.5%
EnigmaEval3.2%0.8%
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%55.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14031281
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%60.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74128.97
ForecastBench61.757.7
LiveBench69%55.3%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—13%
DTBench—64.5%
LMCA—16.6%

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%6.4%
LiveBench Math69.3%49.5%
LMArena Math14121285
MATH Level 578.6%53.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—0.4%
Omni-MATH—29.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.3%

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
GPQA Diamond68.7%49.2%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%2.7%
Confabulations13.6%15.3%
LMArena Expert13941250
SimpleQA Verified—26%
MMLU-Pro—71.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.6%
GPQA (HELM)—52%
MMLU—88.1%

Multimodal GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
LMArena Vision11951137
VPCT45%40%
Video-MME—71.9%
GeoBench—71%
ScienceQA—88.5%

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
LMArena Non-English14131283
LMArena Chinese14211277
LMArena French14181304
LMArena German14571282
LMArena Japanese14161257
LMArena Korean13921234
LMArena Russian14191286
LMArena Spanish—1292

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%68.6%
LMArena Instruction Following14041278
IFEval—81.7%

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query14061289

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5GPT-4o
LMArena Text14171300
LMArena Creative Writing13941292
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%81.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn14441302
LiveBench Language61.5%47.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
WildBench—82.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than GPT-4o?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or GPT-4o better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and GPT-4o share?

41 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4o has 72.

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