Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct vs Qwen Plus
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 35.5 to 23.3.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-18 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1272 | 1328 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 38.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.2% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1266 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1271 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1242 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1263 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1323 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1252 | 1303 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1238 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1283 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better than Qwen Plus?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Qwen Plus share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.