Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Nova Premier 1.0

Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 42× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 3B

Summary

The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 51.0 to 24.9.
Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 3B and Nova Premier 1.0 specifications
	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
Provider	Meta	Amazon
Noometry Index	28.4	37.7
Released	2024-09-24	2025-04-30
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	118K	10K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.05	$2.50
Output $ / M tokens	$0.33	$12.50
Results tracked	18	6

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
BigCodeBench Instruct	23.4%	—
LMArena Coding	1098	—
BigCodeBench Complete	28.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	21.9%	—
BALROG	10.1%	—

Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	44.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1095	—

Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
Omni-MATH	—	35%
LMArena Math	1126	—

Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
MMLU-Pro	—	72.6%
GPQA (HELM)	—	51.8%
LMArena Expert	1090	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English	1019	—
LMArena Chinese	1017	—
LMArena German	1056	—
LMArena Russian	949	—

Instruction Following Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
IFEval	—	80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following	1089	—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query	1101	—

Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text	1110	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1094	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	595	—
WildBench	—	78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn	1105	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 3B better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 3B or Nova Premier 1.0?

Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 3B and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.