# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Llama 3.2 3B

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-12-10-vs-llama-3-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 59.5 to 24.7.
- Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 28.9 |
| Rank | 104 | 321 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.33 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1098 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 23.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 28.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: —
- Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 21.9% |
| BALROG | — | 10.1% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1095 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1419 | 1126 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 1090 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1019 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1017 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 949 |
| LMArena German | — | 1056 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1089 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1100 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1350 | 1094 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1105 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 595 |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Llama 3.2 3B?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Llama 3.2 3B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.