Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Llama 3.2 1B

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 80× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.5

Rank #14 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

19.9

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.3 to 9.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.8% for GPT-5.4 and 0.6% for Llama 3.2 1B.
  • Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper at $0.027 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 60K.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
GPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index59.519.9
Released2026-03-052024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M60K
Max output128K54K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.027
Output $ / M tokens$15$0.20
Results tracked6822

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.8 (#28), Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14971071
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
MirrorCode15.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#12), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
BALROG—6.6%
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.7 (#17), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
Chess Puzzles44%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851044
Epoch Capabilities Index156.92101.95
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.3 (#14), Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#13), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond93.3%23.9%
LMArena Expert15071007
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.8 (#19), Llama 3.2 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1302—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.4 (#22), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1465973
LMArena Chinese1520958
LMArena German14721014
LMArena Russian1480941
LMArena French1493—
LMArena Japanese1484—
LMArena Korean1449—
LMArena Spanish1453—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.3 (#25), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following14691031

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14741050
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 72.1 (#18), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text14691055
LMArena Creative Writing14391033
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840200
LMArena Multi-Turn14821030
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Llama 3.2 1B?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 80× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Llama 3.2 1B?

Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper. It lists at $0.027 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 20.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 60K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Llama 3.2 1B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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