Model comparison

Llama 3.2 1B vs Palm 2

Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 10 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 1B scores higher in 3 categories and Palm 2 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Palm 2 leads 30.8 to 10.4.
Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 1B and Palm 2 specifications
	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
Provider	Meta	Google
Noometry Index	20.1	30.0
Released	2024-09-24	—
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	60K	—
Max output	54K	—
Input $ / M tokens	$0.027	—
Output $ / M tokens	$0.20	—
Results tracked	22	10

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Category by category

Coding Palm 2 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Coding	1070	994
BigCodeBench Instruct	8.2%	—
BigCodeBench Complete	11.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	10.8%	—
BALROG	6.6%	—

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts	1044	1005
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	101.99	—

Math Palm 2 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Math	1086	1049
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.6%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
GPQA Diamond	23.9%	—
LMArena Expert	1007	—

Multilingual Llama 3.2 1B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Non-English	973	916
LMArena Chinese	959	887
LMArena German	1014	—
LMArena Russian	941	—

Instruction Following Llama 3.2 1B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following	1031	1010

Long Context Llama 3.2 1B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query	1050	1010

Writing & Preference Palm 2 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Palm 2
LMArena Text	1055	1027
LMArena Creative Writing	1033	991
LMArena Multi-Turn	1030	994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	200	—

Frequently asked questions

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