Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct vs Qwen3 8B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 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 70b Instruct leads 25.0 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-18 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 38.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1272 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1266 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1271 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1242 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1252 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1238 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better than Qwen3 8B?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.