Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 39.0 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen3.6 Flash specifications
Llama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.538.8
Released2024-09-242026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked913

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench—326.4

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
BALROG27.3%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index125.5143.26
SimpleBench—35.2%
Chess Puzzles—20%
EnigmaEval0.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—77.1%
LMCA—31%

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.6%84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
MATH Level 539.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond41%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
MMLU80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 90BQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1000—
GeoBench52%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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