Model comparison
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 42.7.
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-06-14 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1209 | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1202 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Too close to call
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1216 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1171 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1214 | — |
| LMArena French | 1197 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1148 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1219 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1203 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1225 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1225 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1203 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1214 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or Sonar better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.2 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.