Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale vs Llama 3.2 90B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale DeepSeek

39.1

Rank #159 Reported

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.1 to 20.9.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index39.127.1
Released2025-12-012024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.58—
Output $ / M tokens$1.68—
Results tracked39

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 39.9 (#136), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
WeirdML46.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.1 (#65), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
SimpleBench52.6%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.1 (#217), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeLlama 3.2 90B
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better than Llama 3.2 90B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Llama 3.2 90B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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