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SmolLM2 135M Instruct vs Gpt2 Large
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Winner summary
Gpt2 Large wins on 4/6 benchmarks
Gpt2 Large wins 4 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math · reasoning.
Category leads
general·SmolLM2 135M Instructknowledge·Gpt2 Largelanguage·SmolLM2 135M Instructmath·Gpt2 Largereasoning·Gpt2 Large
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
#220 by perf·no signal
Gpt2 Large
#237 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
HF
Hugging Face TB
private · undisclosed
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
SmolLM2 135M InstructGpt2 Large
BBH (HuggingFace)
SmolLM2 135M Instruct leads by +1.5
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
4.7
Gpt2 Large
3.3
GPQA
Gpt2 Large leads by +1.2
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
0.0
Gpt2 Large
1.2
IFEval
SmolLM2 135M Instruct leads by +8.3
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
28.8
Gpt2 Large
20.5
MATH Level 5
Gpt2 Large leads by +0.9
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
0.3
Gpt2 Large
1.2
MMLU-PRO
Gpt2 Large leads by +0.3
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
1.3
Gpt2 Large
1.6
MUSR
Gpt2 Large leads by +2.0
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
3.7
Gpt2 Large
5.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | SmolLM2 135M Instruct | Gpt2 Large |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 4.7 | 3.3 |
GPQA | 0.0 | 1.2 |
IFEval | 28.8 | 20.5 |
MATH Level 5 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
MMLU-PRO | 1.3 | 1.6 |
MUSR | 3.7 | 5.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HF SmolLM2 135M Instruct | — | — | — | — |
| Gpt2 Large | — | — | — | — |