Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 37.8 to 12.8.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 40.6 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1378 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1348 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1371 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1355 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1232 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1376 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1304 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.