Model comparison
Llama 2-70B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B 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 knowledge, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 37.5 to 7.4.
Side by side
| Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1079 | 1375 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1337 |
| DTBench | 41.6% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 64.9% | — |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.79 | — |
| ForecastBench | 51.4 | — |
| HellaSwag | 85.3% | — |
| LAMBADA | 78.9% | — |
| PIQA | 82.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 80.2% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1091 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 3.3% | — |
| GSM8K | 69.6% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | 1356 |
| GPQA Diamond | 26.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 88.6% | — |
| MMLU | 69.9% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 60.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.6% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1045 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 995 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1090 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1041 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 927 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 964 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1083 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1071 | 1318 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1062 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1115 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1075 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-70B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-70B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.