Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Llama 3.2 1B

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.5

Rank #99 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

19.9

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 48.9 to 7.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 68.1% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 0.6% for Llama 3.2 1B.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index42.519.9
Released2026-05-052024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—60K
Max output—54K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.027
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked2722

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.7 (#73), Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14331071
SciCode48.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
BALROG—6.6%

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.2 (#149), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
Chess Puzzles12%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261044
Epoch Capabilities Index142.48101.95
CritPt0%—

Math GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.1 (#241), Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%0.6%
LMArena Math14201086
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#68), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond82.5%23.9%
LMArena Expert14091007

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 39.3 (#48), Llama 3.2 1B: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 53.0 (#76), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1417973
LMArena Chinese1457958
LMArena German14101014
LMArena Russian1430941
LMArena French1428—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1393—
LMArena Spanish1430—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.4 (#94), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following14071031

Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#92), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14221050

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 62.0 (#81), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)

BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text14191055
LMArena Creative Writing14201033
LMArena Multi-Turn14341030
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—200

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Llama 3.2 1B?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.7 versus 20.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Llama 3.2 1B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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