# Llama 3.2 90B vs o1-mini

> o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-2-90b-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 2 categories and o1-mini in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 11.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 39.4% for Llama 3.2 90B and 89.2% for o1-mini.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 27.5 | 34.0 |
| Rank | 331 | 235 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1362 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
- o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
- o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | 135.82 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1333 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |

## Math

- Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
- o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | 46.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | 89.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1358 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
- o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1316 |
| MMLU | 80.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
- o1-mini: —

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1314 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1303 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1304 |

## Long Context

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1244 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 3.2 90B better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and o1-mini share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.