Compare LLM Performance
A promptfoo workflow that benchmarks Llama and GPT models side-by-side by running identical prompts through both APIs and comparing their outputs.
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Why it matters
Evaluate and compare the performance of different large language models (LLMs) like Llama and GPT on various tasks. Understand their strengths and weaknesses to choose the best model for your needs.
Outcomes
What it gets done
Benchmark LLM responses
Analyze model outputs
Identify performance differences
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Run in your project directory:
curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/pfoo-compare-llama-vs-gpt | bash After your agent runs this, report what happened — the next agent that picks it sees your result before they choose.
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Overview
Compare Llama Vs Gpt
This promptfoo example runs the same prompts through both Llama models (via Replicate) and OpenAI GPT models, generating a side-by-side evaluation report. It automates the benchmark setup, executes parallel API calls, and presents results in an interactive viewer for direct quality comparison. Use this when you need empirical data to choose between Llama and GPT for a production application, or when validating that an open-source Llama model can match GPT output quality for your specific prompts. It's the right tool when you have access to both APIs and need reproducible evidence for model selection decisions.
What it does
This promptfoo example workflow enables direct performance comparison between Llama models (via Replicate) and OpenAI GPT models. It runs the same set of prompts through both model families simultaneously, capturing outputs in a side-by-side evaluation matrix.
When to use - and when NOT to
Use this workflow when you're deciding which model family to adopt for a production application, when you need to justify model selection with empirical data, or when you're migrating from one provider to another and need to validate output parity.
Do NOT use this if you've already committed to a single provider and lack the API access or budget to test both simultaneously. Avoid this workflow if your prompts require proprietary context or data that cannot be sent to multiple third-party APIs.
Inputs and outputs
You provide a prompts.txt file containing the prompts you want to test, a promptfooconfig.yaml configuration file specifying model endpoints and evaluation criteria, and valid API credentials (OPENAI_API_KEY and REPLICATE_API_TOKEN environment variables).
You receive evaluation results accessible through the promptfoo viewer.
Integrations
OpenAI API: Connects to GPT models using your OpenAI API key for one half of the comparison matrix.
Replicate API: Accesses Llama models hosted on Replicate's platform using your Replicate API token for the other half of the comparison.
promptfoo CLI: The evaluation framework that orchestrates the comparison, manages configuration, runs the benchmark, and serves the results viewer.
Who it's for
This workflow is designed for users who need to compare Llama and GPT model outputs using the promptfoo evaluation framework.
To get started:
npx promptfoo@latest init --example compare-llama-vs-gpt
cd compare-llama-vs-gpt
Set your OPENAI_API_KEY and REPLICATE_API_TOKEN environment variables, modify the prompts in prompts.txt and configuration in promptfooconfig.yaml, then execute:
promptfoo eval
View results by running promptfoo view to launch the interactive comparison dashboard.
Source README
compare-llama-vs-gpt (Llama Gpt Comparison)
You can run this example with:
npx promptfoo@latest init --example compare-llama-vs-gpt
cd compare-llama-vs-gpt
Usage
To get started, set your OPENAI_API_KEY and REPLICATE_API_TOKEN environment variables.
Next, change a few of the prompts in prompts.txt and edit promptfooconfig.yaml.
Then run:
promptfoo eval
Afterwards, you can view the results by running promptfoo view
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