Noometry

Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct NVIDIA

37.6

Rank #203 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 48.4.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.643.7
Released2024-12-182025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1433

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding12721456
BigCodeBench Instruct38.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete48.2%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12661448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Math12711446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert12421455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English12451429
LMArena Chinese12631478
LMArena Russian12271428
LMArena French—1449
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399
LMArena Spanish—1462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following12521419

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query12381438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Text12831439
LMArena Creative Writing12691402
LMArena Multi-Turn12751446

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Qwen3 Max share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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