Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Llama 3.2 90B

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT 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 Gemma 4 31B IT leads 43.2 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 73.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index43.527.5
Released2026-04-022024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.34—
Results tracked359

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74125.5
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%2.6%
LMArena Math1465—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond75.8%41%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision12771000
GeoBench—52%
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1476—
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1415—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—
LMArena Multi-Turn1452—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Llama 3.2 90B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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