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Distilgpt2 vs SmolLM2 135M
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Winner summary
SmolLM2 135M wins on 3/6 benchmarks
SmolLM2 135M wins 3 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · language · math.
Category leads
general·SmolLM2 135Mknowledge·Distilgpt2language·SmolLM2 135Mmath·SmolLM2 135Mreasoning·Distilgpt2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Distilgpt2
#318 by perf·no signal
SmolLM2 135M
#315 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
D
DistilBERT
private · undisclosed
HF
Hugging Face TB
private · undisclosed
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Distilgpt2SmolLM2 135M
BBH (HuggingFace)
SmolLM2 135M leads by +0.9
Distilgpt2
2.8
SmolLM2 135M
3.7
GPQA
Distilgpt2 leads by +1.2
Distilgpt2
1.2
SmolLM2 135M
0.0
IFEval
SmolLM2 135M leads by +12.1
Distilgpt2
6.1
SmolLM2 135M
18.2
MATH Level 5
SmolLM2 135M leads by +0.6
Distilgpt2
0.6
SmolLM2 135M
1.2
MMLU-PRO
Distilgpt2 leads by +1.0
Distilgpt2
2.1
SmolLM2 135M
1.1
MUSR
Distilgpt2 leads by +1.1
Distilgpt2
11.2
SmolLM2 135M
10.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Distilgpt2 | SmolLM2 135M |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 2.8 | 3.7 |
GPQA | 1.2 | 0.0 |
IFEval | 6.1 | 18.2 |
MATH Level 5 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
MMLU-PRO | 2.1 | 1.1 |
MUSR | 11.2 | 10.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D Distilgpt2 | — | — | — | — |
HF SmolLM2 135M | — | — | — | — |