Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 7.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus'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 math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 47.9 to 29.9.
Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
Qwen3.5 Plus 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 Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.4	42.3
Released	2024-09-24	2026-02-16
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	118K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.05	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.33	$2.40
Results tracked	18	15

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
BigCodeBench Instruct	23.4%	—
LMArena Coding	1098	—
BigCodeBench Complete	28.3%	—
ALE-Bench	—	621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	21.9%	—
BALROG	10.1%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	0.54

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Chess Puzzles	—	22%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1095	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%
DTBench	—	80.5%
LMCA	—	36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	146.79

Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213), Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	86.7%
LMArena Math	1126	—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	2.1%

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond	—	84.8%
SimpleQA Verified	—	25.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	10.7%
LMArena Expert	1090	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1019	—
LMArena Chinese	1017	—
LMArena German	1056	—
LMArena Russian	949	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1089	—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256), Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench	—	19.8%
CL-bench Life	—	12.4%
LMArena Longer Query	1101	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Text	1110	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1094	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	595	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1105	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 3B better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 3B or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 3B and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.