Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Llama 3.2 1B
Claude 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.0 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Claude 2 leads 16.9 to 7.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34.7% for Claude 2 and 23.9% for Llama 3.2 1B.
- Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 20.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 60K |
| Max output | — | 54K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.027 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 8.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1070 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 11.3% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 10.8% |
| BALROG | — | 6.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 101.99 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1044 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
Math Llama 3.2 1B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1086 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 23.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1007 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 959 |
| LMArena German | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 941 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1031 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1050 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1055 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1033 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 200 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1030 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Llama 3.2 1B?
Claude 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.0 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Llama 3.2 1B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.