# Llama 13b vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 13.8.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 40.0 |
| Rank | 348 | 155 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1375 |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1337 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1318 |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 13b or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.