Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Llama 3.2 1B

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 160× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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-5.5 leads 81.7 to 10.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for GPT-5.5 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 $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
  • GPT-5.5 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-5.5 and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
GPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index63.420.1
Released2026-04-232024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M60K
Max output128K54K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.027
Output $ / M tokens$30$0.20
Results tracked7122

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14941070
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
MirrorCode10%—
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
BALROG—6.6%
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
Chess Puzzles54%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891044
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1101.99
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond94%23.9%
LMArena Expert15081007
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Llama 3.2 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1467973
LMArena Chinese1533959
LMArena German14801014
LMArena Russian1473941
LMArena French1486—
LMArena Japanese1498—
LMArena Korean1460—
LMArena Spanish1468—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following14791031

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14841050
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Llama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text14721055
LMArena Creative Writing14551033
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844200
LMArena Multi-Turn14761030
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Llama 3.2 1B?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 160× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 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-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.

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

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 60K.

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

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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