Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct vs Qwen3 8B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 23.5 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.6 (#222), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 23.5 (#177), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1203 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 34.6 (#193), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1230 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.9 (#218), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1167 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.1 (#241), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1181 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1180 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1187 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 62.9 (#233), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 8B leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#230), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.4 (#229), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better than Qwen3 8B?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.6 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.