Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Qwen3-4B

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 3.2 3B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3-4B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Qwen3-4B leads 27.3 to 19.9.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 21.9% for Llama 3.2 3B and 35.7% for Qwen3-4B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 3B and Qwen3-4B specifications
	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.4	31.5
Released	2024-09-24	2025-04-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	—
Max output	118K	—
Input $ / M tokens	$0.05	—
Output $ / M tokens	$0.33	—
Results tracked	18	6

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
BigCodeBench Instruct	23.4%	—
LMArena Coding	1098	—
BigCodeBench Complete	28.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-4B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	21.9%	35.7%
BALROG	10.1%	—

Reasoning Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles	—	4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1095	—

Math Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	52.2%
LMArena Math	1126	—

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond	—	52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	5.7%
LMArena Expert	1090	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English	1019	—
LMArena Chinese	1017	—
LMArena German	1056	—
LMArena Russian	949	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following	1089	—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query	1101	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text	1110	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1094	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	595	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1105	—

Frequently asked questions

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