Model comparison

Laguna M.1 vs Llama 3.2 3B

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.4

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.2 3B leads 29.9 to 20.3.
  • Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Laguna M.1 and Llama 3.2 3B specifications
Laguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
ProviderPoolsideMeta
Noometry Index31.928.4
Released2026-04-282024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output33K118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.33
Results tracked318

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Category by category

Coding Laguna M.1 leads

Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena WebDev1348—
BigCodeBench Instruct—23.4%
LMArena Coding—1098
BigCodeBench Complete—28.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—21.9%
BALROG—10.1%

Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads

Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts—1095
Surface Evolver Bench15.6%—

Math Llama 3.2 3B leads

Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
ProofBench0%—
LMArena Math—1126

Knowledge Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Expert—1090

Multilingual Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Non-English—1019
LMArena Chinese—1017
LMArena German—1056
LMArena Russian—949

Instruction Following Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following—1089

Long Context Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Longer Query—1101

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1094
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—595
LMArena Multi-Turn—1105

Frequently asked questions

Is Laguna M.1 better than Llama 3.2 3B?

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Laguna M.1 or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

Laguna M.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 27.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Llama 3.2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.

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