Model comparison
Claude Instant vs Llama 3.2 90B
Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Instant scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 27.5 |
| Released | 2023-08-09 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Claude Instant: 19.6, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.28 | 125.5 |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
| GSM8K | 86.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.4% | 80.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Instant better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Claude Instant and Llama 3.2 90B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Instant has 7 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.