Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs StarCoder 2 15B

GPT-5.4 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#18); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 15B NVIDIA

38.1

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 15B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 43.2 to 36.6.
  • StarCoder 2 15B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and StarCoder 2 15B specifications
GPT-5.4 ProStarCoder 2 15B
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index58.938.1
Released2026-03-052024-02-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked167

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStarCoder 2 15B
WeirdML57.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete—38.4%
HumanEval+—37.8%

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStarCoder 2 15B
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93105
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
WinoGrande—64.3%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStarCoder 2 15B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—
GSM8K—57.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStarCoder 2 15B
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—47.2%
MMLU—64.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than StarCoder 2 15B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#18); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and StarCoder 2 15B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.

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