Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Llama 3.2 1B
Dolly 2.0-12b is the stronger model overall, scoring 24.9 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MetaSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Dolly 2.0-12b leads 25.0 to 9.7.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 19.9 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 60K |
| Max output | — | 54K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.027 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1071 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 8.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 11.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 10.8% |
| BALROG | — | 6.6% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1044 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 101.95 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1086 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 23.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1007 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.2 1B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 958 |
| LMArena German | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 941 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.2 1B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1031 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1050 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.2 1B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1055 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1030 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 200 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Llama 3.2 1B?
Dolly 2.0-12b is the stronger model overall, scoring 24.9 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?
Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 23.0 versus 20.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Llama 3.2 1B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.