Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs Qwen3 14B

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.0

Rank #222 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 14B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 14B leads 37.0 to 10.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen3 14B specifications
Llama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.135.0
Released2024-09-242025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$1.40
Results tracked912

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3 14B: 36.7 (#191)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
SciCode—31.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73), Qwen3 14B: 29.4 (#78)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%
BALROG27.3%—

Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207), Qwen3 14B: 18.1 (#272)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
Epoch Capabilities Index125.5138.23
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—4%
EnigmaEval0.4%—
DTBench—64%
LMCA—18.2%

Math Qwen3 14B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302), Qwen3 14B: 37.0 (#102)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.6%66.4%
MATH Level 539.4%—

Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269), Qwen3 14B: 39.2 (#124)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond41%63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.4%
MMLU80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119), Qwen3 14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
LMArena Vision1000—
GeoBench52%—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3 14B: 38.0 (#201)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen3 14B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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