Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 25.0 to 19.7.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | 2024-12-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Devstral Small 2505 leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1272 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.2% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1266 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1271 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1242 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1227 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1252 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1238 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1283 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?
Devstral Small 2505 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.