Model comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs Llama 3.2 3B

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.9

Rank #321 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 66.4 to 24.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 72.5% for Gemini 3 Pro and 21.9% for Llama 3.2 3B.
  • Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Pro and Llama 3.2 3B specifications
Gemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.828.9
Released2025-11-182024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.33
Results tracked6718

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Coding14811098
SWE-bench Verified72.9%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1440—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.7%—
GSO18.6%—
WeirdML69.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—23.4%
BigCodeBench Complete—28.3%
ALE-Bench1,177—
AlgoTune1.83—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.5%21.9%
BALROG58.1%10.1%
Terminal-Bench69.4%—
GDPval40.3%—
Remote Labor Index1.3%—
τ²-bench Airline80.5%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
τ²-bench Retail75.9%—
τ²-bench Telecom91%—
DeepResearch Bench46.3%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons71%—
Vending-Bench 25,478—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31), Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts14801095
ARC-AGI-231.1%—
SimpleBench76.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.4%—
ARC-AGI-175%—
CritPt6.9%—
Chess Puzzles31%—
EnigmaEval18.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.92—
ForecastBench61.2—

Math Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59), Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Math14761126
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.4%—
ProofBench20%—
Omni-MATH55.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)37.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Expert14751090
GPQA Diamond92.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam37.5%—
MMLU-Pro90.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.6%—
GPQA (HELM)80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2), Llama 3.2 3B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Vision1305—
GeoBench84%—
VPCT91%—
LMArena Document1434—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16), Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Non-English14741019
LMArena Chinese15231017
LMArena German15151056
LMArena Russian1493949
LMArena French1492—
LMArena Japanese1510—
LMArena Korean1448—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45), Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following14581089
IFEval87.7%—

Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79), Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Longer Query14711100
CL-bench15.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35), Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Text14791110
LMArena Creative Writing14821094
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1525595
LMArena Multi-Turn14841105
WildBench85.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Pro better than Llama 3.2 3B?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Pro or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Pro and Llama 3.2 3B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.

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