Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs Palm 2

Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 12, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Palm 2 leads 30.8 to 11.1.
Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and Palm 2 specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
Provider	Meta	Google
Noometry Index	27.5	30.0
Released	2024-09-24	—
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	9	10

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Coding	—	994

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
BALROG	27.3%	—

Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
EnigmaEval	0.4%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1005
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	—

Math Palm 2 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	—
LMArena Math	—	1049
MATH Level 5	39.4%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
GPQA Diamond	41%	—
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Vision	1000	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Non-English	—	916
LMArena Chinese	—	887

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1010

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query	—	1010

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	Palm 2
LMArena Text	—	1027
LMArena Creative Writing	—	991
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	994

Frequently asked questions

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