Model comparison

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Qwen2-72B

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.3

Rank #218 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 31.4 to 21.2.

Side by side

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen2-72B specifications
Nemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.329.5
Released2024-06-142024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1726

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.6 (#223), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding12091196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Too close to call

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 22.4 (#180), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12021191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.7 (#193), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Math12161235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.4 (#212), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert11711171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 38.0 (#228), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English12061176
LMArena Chinese12141240
LMArena French11961169
LMArena German11921151
LMArena Japanese11281111
LMArena Korean11481083
LMArena Russian12191169
LMArena Spanish11951168

Instruction Following Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.3 (#227), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following12031181

Long Context Too close to call

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#216), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query12251193

Writing & Preference Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.9 (#229), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Text12251203
LMArena Creative Writing12031181
LMArena Multi-Turn12141195

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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