Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 7 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 61.8 to 42.7.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Instant and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index42.735.9
Released2026-05-052024-06-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2717

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding14331209
SciCode48.6%—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14261202
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52—

Math Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14201216
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert14091171
GPQA Diamond82.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14171206
LMArena Chinese14561214
LMArena French14281197
LMArena German14111192
LMArena Japanese14081128
LMArena Korean13921148
LMArena Russian14311219
LMArena Spanish14291195

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14061203

Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14221225

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14191225
LMArena Creative Writing14191203
LMArena Multi-Turn14331214

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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