Model comparison

Llama 3.2 11B vs Llama 3.2 90B

Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#326); Llama 3.2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 11B Meta

31.6

Unranked Sparse

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 11B scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BALROG: 16.8% for Llama 3.2 11B and 27.3% for Llama 3.2 90B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 11B and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Llama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderMetaMeta
Noometry Index31.627.1
Released2024-09-242024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Category by category

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 11B: 27.0, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG16.8%27.3%

Reasoning Not comparable

Llama 3.2 11B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval—0.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Not comparable

Llama 3.2 11B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.2 11B: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
MMLU56.5%80.3%
GPQA Diamond—41%

Multimodal Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 11B: 23.8, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 11BLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision9661000
GeoBench—52%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 11B better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#326); Llama 3.2 11B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 11B and Llama 3.2 90B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 11B has 3 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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