Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.4

Rank #318 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.5

Rank #152 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 29.1.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.05 / $0.33 for Llama 3.2 3B.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash 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 Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Llama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.439.5
Released2024-09-242026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1M
Max output118K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.03
Output $ / M tokens$0.33$0.13
Results tracked187

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
BigCodeBench Instruct23.4%—
LMArena Coding1098—
BigCodeBench Complete28.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard21.9%—
BALROG10.1%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225), Qwen3.7 Flash: 27.3 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LMArena Hard Prompts1095—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.62

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213), Qwen3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LMArena Math1126—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond—82.3%
LMArena Expert1090—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1019—
LMArena Chinese1017—
LMArena German1056—
LMArena Russian949—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1089—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1101—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1110—
LMArena Creative Writing1094—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing595—
LMArena Multi-Turn1105—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 3B better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 3B or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Llama 3.2 3B lists at $0.05 and $0.33.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 3B and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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