Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 52.3 to 28.2.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 40.6 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1378 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1348 |
Math Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1371 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1355 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1376 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1304 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.