Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Llama 3.2 90B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 99.2% for Grok 4.6 and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index56.927.5
Released2026-08-122024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked499

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Llama 3.2 90B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
LMArena Coding1465—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
BALROG—27.3%
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44125.5
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
EBR-Bench30.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1447—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%2.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
ProofBench51%—
LMArena Math1423—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond94%41%
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
LMArena Expert1467—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision12631000
GeoBench—52%
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Llama 3.2 90B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1480—
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Russian1422—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Llama 3.2 90B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Llama 3.2 90B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1454—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Llama 3.2 90B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1428—
LMArena Multi-Turn1425—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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