Model comparison

Llama 3.2 1B vs Qwen3-1.7B

Qwen3-1.7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.6 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 4 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 19.6 to 7.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 10.8% for Llama 3.2 1B and 28.4% for Qwen3-1.7B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 1B and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	20.1	26.6
Released	2024-09-24	2025-04-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	60K	—
Max output	54K	—
Input $ / M tokens	$0.027	—
Output $ / M tokens	$0.20	—
Results tracked	22	4

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
BigCodeBench Instruct	8.2%	—
LMArena Coding	1070	—
BigCodeBench Complete	11.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-1.7B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	10.8%	28.4%
BALROG	6.6%	—

Reasoning Qwen3-1.7B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles	0%	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1044	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	101.99	—

Math Qwen3-1.7B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.6%	8.1%
LMArena Math	1086	—

Knowledge Qwen3-1.7B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond	23.9%	38%
LMArena Expert	1007	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English	973	—
LMArena Chinese	959	—
LMArena German	1014	—
LMArena Russian	941	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following	1031	—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query	1050	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text	1055	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1033	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	200	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1030	—

Frequently asked questions

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