Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct vs Yi-Lightning
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.0 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 35.3 to 27.0.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-18 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.3 (#212), Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1272 | 1313 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 38.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.2% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 24.0 (#156), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1266 | 1302 |
Math Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 32.9 (#182), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1271 | 1300 |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 33.5 (#194), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1242 | 1286 |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.7 (#212), Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1263 | 1320 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1255 |
| LMArena French | — | 1304 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 66.2 (#208), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1252 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.5 (#210), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1239 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.6 (#197), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1283 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better than Yi-Lightning?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.0 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 27.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Yi-Lightning share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.