Model comparison
Llama 3.1-70B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 34.6 to 13.5.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 35.9 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1260 | 1223 |
| WeirdML | 9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | — |
| BALROG | 27.9% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 23.5 (#177)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1203 |
| DTBench | 60% | — |
| LMCA | 14.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.92 | — |
Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 34.6 (#193)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1230 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 21% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.9 (#218)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1209 | 1167 |
| GPQA Diamond | 44.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 65.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 42.6% | — |
| MMLU | 80.1% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.1 (#241)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1219 | 1181 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1215 | 1180 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1261 | — |
| LMArena German | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1132 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1253 | — |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 62.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1231 | 1201 |
| IFEval | 82.1% | — |
Long Context Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#230)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1241 | 1205 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.4 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1261 | 1228 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1232 | 1213 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1256 | 1227 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 784 | — |
| WildBench | 75.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1-70B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.6 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12.