# Claude 3 Sonnet vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

> Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-tulu-3-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads 36.0 to 29.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 18.2% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 42.7% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 33.0 |
| Rank | 319 | 251 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1235 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1220 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | 42.7% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 46.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1246 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1233 |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1224 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1252 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.