Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Llama 3.2 3B

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 47× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.9

Rank #321 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 leads 71.9 to 24.7.
  • Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Llama 3.2 3B specifications
GPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index59.428.9
Released2026-03-052024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output128K118K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$15$0.33
Results tracked6818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Coding14971098
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—23.4%
MirrorCode15.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete—28.3%
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—21.9%
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
BALROG—10.1%
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts14851095
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Expert15071090
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Llama 3.2 3B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Non-English14651019
LMArena Chinese15191017
LMArena German14721056
LMArena Russian1480949
LMArena French1493—
LMArena Japanese1485—
LMArena Korean1448—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following14691089

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Longer Query14731100
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Llama 3.2 3B
LMArena Text14691110
LMArena Creative Writing14391094
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840595
LMArena Multi-Turn14821105
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Llama 3.2 3B?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 47× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Llama 3.2 3B?

Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Llama 3.2 3B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.

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