Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Llama 3.2 90B

Llama 3.2 90B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

24.9

Rank #339 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Llama 3.2 90B in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Dolly 2.0-12b leads 25.0 to 10.4.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderDatabricksMeta
Noometry Index24.927.1
Released2023-04-112024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked179

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Coding776—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index88.94125.5
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts804—
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math871—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
MMLU26.2%80.3%
GPQA Diamond—41%
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English836—
LMArena Chinese836—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following814—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text851—
LMArena Creative Writing864—
LMArena Multi-Turn740—

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Llama 3.2 90B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.1 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Llama 3.2 90B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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