Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 7 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and o1 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where o1 leads 36.1 to 11.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B and 73.3% for o1.
Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and o1 specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
Provider	Meta	OpenAI
Noometry Index	27.5	40.9
Released	2024-09-24	2024-09-12
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	200K
Max output	—	100K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$15
Output $ / M tokens	—	$60
Results tracked	9	52

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
Aider Polyglot	—	61.7%
WeirdML	—	47.6%
LiveBench Coding	—	69.7%
LMArena Coding	—	1367
CadEval	—	56%
HumanEval+	—	89%
MBPP+	—	80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
Cybench	—	10%
BALROG	27.3%	—
METR Time Horizons	—	51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
EnigmaEval	0.4%	5.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	141.91
SimpleBench	—	41.7%
ARC-AGI-1	—	30.7%
Chess Puzzles	—	15%
LiveBench Reasoning	—	91.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1371
DTBench	—	74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis	—	65.5%
LMCA	—	22.3%
LiveBench	—	75.7%

Math o1 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	73.3%
MATH Level 5	39.4%	94.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	14.7%
LiveBench Math	—	80.3%
LMArena Math	—	1388
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
GPQA Diamond	41%	76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam	—	8%
SimpleQA Verified	—	41.1%
Confabulations	—	11.7%
LMArena Expert	—	1361
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal o1 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
LMArena Vision	1000	1168
GeoBench	52%	80%
VPCT	—	37%
SpatialViz-Bench	—	41.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
LMArena Non-English	—	1358
LMArena Chinese	—	1394
LMArena French	—	1344
LMArena German	—	1337
LMArena Japanese	—	1346
LMArena Korean	—	1396
LMArena Russian	—	1356
LMArena Spanish	—	1345

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
LiveBench Instruction Following	—	81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1367

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
Fiction.LiveBench	—	83.3%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1378

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	o1
LMArena Text	—	1366
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1348
Short-Story Creative Writing	—	70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1369
LiveBench Language	—	65.4%

Frequently asked questions

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