Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Llama 3.2 1B
Gemma 3 1B and Llama 3.2 1B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (21.1 vs 20.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 1 category and Llama 3.2 1B in 3 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 3 1B leads 19.2 to 16.2.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 20.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 60K |
| Max output | — | 54K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.027 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 8.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1070 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 11.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | 10.8% |
| BALROG | — | 6.6% |
Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1044 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 101.99 |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1086 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 23.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1007 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 959 |
| LMArena German | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 941 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1031 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1050 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1055 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1033 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 200 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1030 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Llama 3.2 1B?
Gemma 3 1B and Llama 3.2 1B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (21.1 vs 20.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Llama 3.2 1B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.