Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 25.0.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index54.137.6
Released2025-12-112024-12-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6714

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding14471272
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14451266
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math14401271
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)40.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert14451242
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14251245
LMArena Chinese14601263
LMArena Russian14401227
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14171252

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14281238
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text14391283
LMArena Creative Writing14011269
LMArena Multi-Turn14581275
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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