# Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Qwen2-72B

> Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-4-340b-instruct-vs-qwen2-72b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## 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 32.0 to 21.2.

## Snapshot

| | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 30.0 |
| Rank | 223 | 300 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)
- Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1209 | 1196 |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —
- Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)
- Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1202 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |

## Math

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)
- Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1216 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |

## Knowledge

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)
- Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1171 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |

## Multilingual

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)
- Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1206 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1214 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1197 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1128 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1148 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1219 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1195 | 1169 |

## Instruction Following

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)
- Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1203 | 1181 |

## Long Context

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1225 | 1192 |

## Writing & Preference

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)
- Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1225 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1203 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1214 | 1196 |

## FAQ

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

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 29.1 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.