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Gpt2 Large vs SmolLM2 135M Instruct
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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
Gpt2 Large
#237 by perf·no signal
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
#220 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
HF
Hugging Face TB
private · undisclosed
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Gpt2 LargeSmolLM2 135M Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
SmolLM2 135M Instruct leads by +1.5
Gpt2 Large
3.3
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
4.7
GPQA
Gpt2 Large leads by +1.2
Gpt2 Large
1.2
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
0.0
IFEval
SmolLM2 135M Instruct leads by +8.3
Gpt2 Large
20.5
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
28.8
MATH Level 5
Gpt2 Large leads by +0.9
Gpt2 Large
1.2
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
0.3
MMLU-PRO
Gpt2 Large leads by +0.3
Gpt2 Large
1.6
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
1.3
MUSR
Gpt2 Large leads by +2.0
Gpt2 Large
5.7
SmolLM2 135M Instruct
3.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Gpt2 Large | SmolLM2 135M Instruct |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 3.3 | 4.7 |
GPQA | 1.2 | 0.0 |
IFEval | 20.5 | 28.8 |
MATH Level 5 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
MMLU-PRO | 1.6 | 1.3 |
MUSR | 5.7 | 3.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gpt2 Large | — | — | — | — |
HF SmolLM2 135M Instruct | — | — | — | — |