Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Llama 3.2 90B

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-4.5 leads 31.0 to 10.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 78.6% for GPT-4.5 and 39.4% for Llama 3.2 90B.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
GPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index36.927.1
Released2025-02-272024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked429

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
LMArena Coding1397—

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.2 90B leads

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval3.2%0.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74125.5
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1404—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%2.6%
MATH Level 578.6%39.4%
LiveBench Math69.3%—
LMArena Math1412—

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond68.7%41%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision11951000
GeoBench—52%
VPCT45%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1413—
LMArena Chinese1421—
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1419—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1417—
LMArena Creative Writing1394—
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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