Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Llama 3.2 1B

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.2 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 57× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

49.2

Rank #46 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

19.9

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol 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 writing & preference, where GPT-6 Sol leads 72.3 to 21.4.
  • Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper at $0.027 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol 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-6 Sol and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
GPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index49.219.9
Released2026-09-222024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M60K
Max output128K54K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.027
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.20
Results tracked2222

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 59.6 (#11), Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14531071
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
LMArena WebDev1692—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 33.5 (#49), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
BALROG—6.6%
GDP.pdf28%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 49.3 (#34), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Hard Prompts14201044
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—101.95

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 35.8 (#135), Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Math14041086
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—0.6%

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.0 (#87), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Expert14491007
GPQA Diamond—23.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#9), Llama 3.2 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 51.0 (#113), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1389973
LMArena Chinese1416958
LMArena Russian1407941
LMArena German—1014
LMArena Spanish1377—

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.4 (#97), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following14061031

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.2 (#100), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14151050

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 72.3 (#15), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text13961055
LMArena Creative Writing13921033
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125200
LMArena Multi-Turn14051030

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Llama 3.2 1B?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.2 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 57× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol 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-6 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.6 versus 20.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 60K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Llama 3.2 1B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 22 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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