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Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

AI model Released

Context window
131,072 tokens
Maximum output
32,000 tokens
Open weights
Yes

Capability & preference

Human preference · Arena

Overall text preferences from head-to-head votes. Not factual accuracy or a task-success rate.

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 1054.6 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct · 95% interval 1046.9–1062.3 · 8,045 votes · 2026-10-28

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

958.59 rating

Confidence interval: 932.34 – 984.84

674 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,070.23 rating

Confidence interval: 1,054.46 – 1,085.99

1346 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,032.48 rating

Confidence interval: 1,012.71 – 1,052.24

1091 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,116.63 rating

Confidence interval: 1,106.95 – 1,126.31

4320 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

822.76 rating

Confidence interval: 807.15 – 838.37

5619 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,006.98 rating

Confidence interval: 980.01 – 1,033.95

487 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,013.69 rating

Confidence interval: 973.95 – 1,053.42

247 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,044.14 rating

Confidence interval: 1,031.63 – 1,056.64

2247 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,086.71 rating

Confidence interval: 1,071.79 – 1,101.64

1437 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

999.59 rating

Confidence interval: 979.14 – 1,020.03

1044 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,025.03 rating

Confidence interval: 1,006.68 – 1,043.38

1151 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,070.71 rating

Confidence interval: 1,041.69 – 1,099.73

489 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,054.59 rating

Confidence interval: 1,036.76 – 1,072.42

1407 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,097.96 rating

Confidence interval: 1,080.14 – 1,115.79

976 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,009.02 rating

Confidence interval: 977.92 – 1,040.12

445 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,056.14 rating

Confidence interval: 1,042.87 – 1,069.42

2184 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,029.68 rating

Confidence interval: 1,014.99 – 1,044.37

2047 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,030.93 rating

Confidence interval: 1,019.85 – 1,042.02

3248 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,049.49 rating

Confidence interval: 1,030.92 – 1,068.05

1057 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,085.70 rating

Confidence interval: 1,069.69 – 1,101.72

1162 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,029.83 rating

Confidence interval: 1,011.32 – 1,048.34

1236 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

973.19 rating

Confidence interval: 961.60 – 984.78

3725 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,054.61 rating

Confidence interval: 1,046.91 – 1,062.31

8045 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

941.01 rating

Confidence interval: 918.45 – 963.56

953 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

958.64 rating

Confidence interval: 932.38 – 984.90

674 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,070.33 rating

Confidence interval: 1,054.56 – 1,086.10

1346 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,032.63 rating

Confidence interval: 1,012.86 – 1,052.40

1091 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,116.58 rating

Confidence interval: 1,106.90 – 1,126.26

4320 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

822.78 rating

Confidence interval: 807.16 – 838.39

5619 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,007.02 rating

Confidence interval: 980.04 – 1,034.00

487 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,013.69 rating

Confidence interval: 973.97 – 1,053.40

247 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,044.13 rating

Confidence interval: 1,031.62 – 1,056.64

2247 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,086.60 rating

Confidence interval: 1,071.67 – 1,101.53

1437 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

999.63 rating

Confidence interval: 979.18 – 1,020.08

1044 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,025.09 rating

Confidence interval: 1,006.73 – 1,043.44

1151 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,070.46 rating

Confidence interval: 1,041.43 – 1,099.49

489 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,054.57 rating

Confidence interval: 1,036.73 – 1,072.40

1407 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,097.96 rating

Confidence interval: 1,080.13 – 1,115.78

976 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,009.08 rating

Confidence interval: 977.97 – 1,040.19

445 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,056.22 rating

Confidence interval: 1,042.95 – 1,069.50

2184 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,029.74 rating

Confidence interval: 1,015.05 – 1,044.43

2047 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,030.94 rating

Confidence interval: 1,019.86 – 1,042.03

3248 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,049.53 rating

Confidence interval: 1,030.96 – 1,068.10

1057 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,085.66 rating

Confidence interval: 1,069.65 – 1,101.68

1162 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,029.83 rating

Confidence interval: 1,011.32 – 1,048.34

1236 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

973.28 rating

Confidence interval: 961.69 – 984.88

3725 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

1,054.60 rating

Confidence interval: 1,046.90 – 1,062.29

8045 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

941.16 rating

Confidence interval: 918.60 – 963.72

953 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
llama-3.2-1b-instruct
Evaluation type
human preference

Run it locally

Inference · memory estimate

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

2.3 GiB checkpoint tensor payload · 1.24 B stored tensor elements · BF16

Stored tensors can include buffers and repeated shared weights. A verified unique parameter count is unavailable. Checkpoint size is not the memory required to run the model.

API cost

USD / month

Standard text-token estimate. Excludes taxes, caching, batch discounts, reasoning and multimodal surcharges. Provider limits and regional availability may differ.

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Capabilities

Context window
131,072 tokens
Maximum output
32,000 tokens
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
Yes
Open weights
Yes
Knowledge cutoff
2023-12
Model license
Llama 3.2 Community License
Checkpoint tensor payload
2.30 GiB

Input modalities

  • text

Output modalities

  • text