Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct NVIDIA

37.6

Rank #203 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-3 mini leads 78.5 to 65.9.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderxAINVIDIA
Noometry Index41.237.6
Released2025-04-092024-12-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3514

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding13791272
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13751266
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math13861271
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert13951242
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13521245
LMArena Chinese13871263
LMArena Russian13531227
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13571252
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13721238
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text13701283
LMArena Creative Writing13421269
LMArena Multi-Turn13551275
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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