Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 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 QwQ-32B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 36.2 to 10.4.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and QwQ-32B specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
Provider	Meta	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	27.1	39.4
Released	2024-09-24	2024-11-28
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	9	36

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
Aider Polyglot	—	20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct	—	44.6%
LiveBench Coding	—	72.2%
LMArena Coding	—	1333
BigCodeBench Complete	—	54.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
BALROG	27.3%	—

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	137.6
Chess Puzzles	—	5%
EnigmaEval	0.4%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	—	83.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1326
LiveBench Data Analysis	—	65%
ForecastBench	—	58.3
LiveBench	—	72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	59.2%
LiveBench Math	—	77.8%
LMArena Math	—	1359
MATH Level 5	39.4%	—

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond	41%	65.3%
Confabulations	—	15.6%
LMArena Expert	—	1323
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119), QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
LMArena Vision	1000	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English	—	1306
LMArena Chinese	—	1378
LMArena French	—	1337
LMArena German	—	1313
LMArena Japanese	—	1263
LMArena Korean	—	1278
LMArena Russian	—	1297
LMArena Spanish	—	1353

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
LiveBench Instruction Following	—	81.8%
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1297

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench	—	83.3%
LMArena Longer Query	—	1308

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	QwQ-32B
LMArena Text	—	1329
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1288
Short-Story Creative Writing	—	80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1257
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1314
LiveBench Language	—	51.4%

Frequently asked questions

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