Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 34.7 to 12.0.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 28.5 | 39.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.16 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1370 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1355 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1354 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1231 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1317 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.