Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.1 vs Llama 3.2 90B

DeepSeek-V3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.1 DeepSeek

42.2

Rank #106 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-V3.1 leads 36.1 to 10.4.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.1 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index42.227.1
Released2025-08-212024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$0.95—
Results tracked279

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: 39.8 (#140), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
WeirdML38.4%—
LMArena Coding1417—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.1: 27.3 (#109), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index139.92125.5
SimpleBench40%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.2%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1417—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA24.3%—
ForecastBench58—

Math DeepSeek-V3.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.1: 36.1 (#125), Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1420—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.1: 43.0 (#86), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
LMArena Expert1403—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: 51.8 (#100), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1400—
LMArena Chinese1470—
LMArena French1447—
LMArena German1412—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1337—
LMArena Russian1405—
LMArena Spanish1429—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: 74.1 (#105), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1400—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: 36.3 (#227), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
Fiction.LiveBench52.8%—
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1: 60.5 (#93), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1420—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1436—
LMArena Multi-Turn1408—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.1 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

DeepSeek-V3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.1 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.1 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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