Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 30.0.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 39.3 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.16 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1370 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1335 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 42.2% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1355 |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1354 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1043 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1009 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1086 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1046 | 1317 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1085 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-13B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.