Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Llama 3.2 3B
Llama 3.2 3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MetaSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Llama 3.2 3B leads 56.3 to 38.9.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 28.4 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.33 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1098 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 23.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 28.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 21.9% |
| BALROG | — | 10.1% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1095 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1126 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1090 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1019 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1017 |
| LMArena German | — | 1056 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 949 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1089 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1101 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.2 3B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1094 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1105 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 595 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Llama 3.2 3B?
Llama 3.2 3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?
Llama 3.2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 27.1 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Llama 3.2 3B share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.