Model comparison

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Qwen Max

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen Max in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 34.3 to 22.3.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen Max specifications
Nemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.934.7
Released2024-06-142024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—33K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.60
Output $ / M tokens—$6.40
Results tracked1723

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Coding12091288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12021269

Math Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Math12161275
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Expert11711248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%

Multilingual Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Non-English12061263
LMArena Chinese12141254
LMArena French11971330
LMArena German11921254
LMArena Japanese11281205
LMArena Korean11481142
LMArena Russian12191274
LMArena Spanish11951290

Instruction Following Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following12031262

Long Context Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query12251288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen Max
LMArena Text12251282
LMArena Creative Writing12031248
LMArena Multi-Turn12141277

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than Qwen Max?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or Qwen Max better for coding?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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