Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 46.0 to 24.9.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 39.9 |
| 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 | 7 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1378 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 26.0 (#123)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1348 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 35.0 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1369 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.6 (#145)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1354 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 46.0 (#158)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1382 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1270 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1377 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 69.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#170)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.