# Llama 2-34B vs Llama 3.2 90B

> Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-2-34b-vs-llama-3-2-90b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Meta |
| Noometry Index | — | 27.5 |
| Rank | — | 331 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.2 | 125.5 |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 44.1% | — |
| PIQA | 81.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 76.7% | — |

## Math

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
| GSM8K | 42.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 62.6% | 80.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 54.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 2-34B: —
- Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

| Benchmark | Llama 2-34B | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 2-34B better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Llama 3.2 90B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Llama 2-34B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 2-34B and Llama 3.2 90B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-34B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.