Noometry

Model comparison

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 35.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.3

Rank #218 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.3

Rank #54 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 31.4.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.347.3
Released2024-06-142026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1737

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.6 (#223), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding12091467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 22.4 (#180), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12021449
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.67

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.7 (#193), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Math12161450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.4 (#212), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Expert11711456
GPQA Diamond—88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 38.0 (#228), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English12061424
LMArena Chinese12141478
LMArena French11961454
LMArena German11921451
LMArena Japanese11281389
LMArena Korean11481381
LMArena Russian12191434
LMArena Spanish11951432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.3 (#227), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12031425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#216), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12251440
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.9 (#229), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

BenchmarkNemotron 4 340b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text12251437
LMArena Creative Writing12031405
LMArena Multi-Turn12141438

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 35.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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