Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 50.6 to 10.4.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and Qwen3.6 Plus specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	27.1	47.3
Released	2024-09-24	2026-03-31
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	66K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.50
Output $ / M tokens	—	$3
Results tracked	9	37

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
SWE-bench Verified	—	57.9%
LMArena WebDev	—	1461
SciCode	—	40.7%
LMArena Coding	—	1467
ALE-Bench	—	670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
BALROG	27.3%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	147.67
NYT Connections (extended)	—	60.3%
CritPt	—	2.9%
Chess Puzzles	—	17%
EnigmaEval	0.4%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	59.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1449
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	12%
DTBench	—	81.9%
LMCA	—	33.1%

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	93.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	38.2%
LMArena Math	—	1450
MATH Level 5	39.4%	—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond	41%	88.4%
SimpleQA Verified	—	44.1%
LMArena Expert	—	1456
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision	1000	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English	—	1424
LMArena Chinese	—	1478
LMArena French	—	1454
LMArena German	—	1451
LMArena Japanese	—	1389
LMArena Korean	—	1381
LMArena Russian	—	1434
LMArena Spanish	—	1432

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1425

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
CL-bench	—	20.3%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1440

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text	—	1437
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1405
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1438

Frequently asked questions

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