Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Llama 3.2 3B

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 563× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.4

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 71.0 to 20.1.
  • Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Llama 3.2 3B specifications
GPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index58.828.4
Released2026-03-052024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output128K118K
Input $ / M tokens$30$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$180$0.33
Results tracked1618

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
WeirdML57.4%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—23.4%
LMArena Coding—1098
BigCodeBench Complete—28.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—21.9%
BALROG—10.1%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1095
Epoch Capabilities Index159.12—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
LMArena Math—1126
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1090

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Non-English—1019
LMArena Chinese—1017
LMArena German—1056
LMArena Russian—949

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following—1089

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Longer Query—1101

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1094
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—595
LMArena Multi-Turn—1105

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Llama 3.2 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 563× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or Llama 3.2 3B?

Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 27.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Llama 3.2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.

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