Model comparison
Llama 2-34B vs Llama 3.2 90B
Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Meta |
| Noometry Index | — | 27.5 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 9 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 2-34B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Llama 2-34B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.2 | 125.5 |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 44.1% | — |
| PIQA | 81.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 76.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Llama 2-34B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
| GSM8K | 42.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 2-34B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 62.6% | 80.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 54.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-34B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-34B better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-34B and Llama 3.2 90B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-34B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.