Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Llama 3.2 90B

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index54.327.5
Released2026-04-242024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked489

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
LMArena Coding1470—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
APEX-Agents47.3%—
BALROG—27.3%
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31125.5
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1461—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%2.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LMArena Math1455—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond91.7%41%
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
LMArena Expert1464—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1439—
LMArena Chinese1486—
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1458—
LMArena Japanese1445—
LMArena Korean1447—
LMArena Russian1453—
LMArena Spanish1458—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1448—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
CL-bench Life13.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1458—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1451—
LMArena Creative Writing1446—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LMArena Multi-Turn1467—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Llama 3.2 90B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Llama 3.2 90B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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