Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Qwen Plus leads 23.3 to 11.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 39.4% for Llama 3.2 90B and 65.3% for Qwen Plus.
Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen Plus specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	27.5	37.1
Released	2024-09-24	2024-01-25
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	33K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	—	$1.20
Results tracked	9	20

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Coding	—	1328

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Qwen Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
BALROG	27.3%	—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	63.3%
EnigmaEval	0.4%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1317
DTBench	—	81.1%
LMCA	—	24%
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	—

Math Qwen Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	17.8%
MATH Level 5	39.4%	65.3%
LMArena Math	—	1326
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	1.7%

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
GPQA Diamond	41%	48.1%
LMArena Expert	—	1328
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Qwen Plus: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Vision	1000	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Non-English	—	1310
LMArena Chinese	—	1347
LMArena Japanese	—	1251
LMArena Russian	—	1323

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1303

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query	—	1324

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Text	—	1326
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1293
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1336

Frequently asked questions

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