# Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#223); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-4-340b-instruct-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 37.0 |
| Rank | 223 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1209 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1202 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 93.56 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1216 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1171 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## Multilingual

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1203 | — |

## Long Context

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1225 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1225 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1203 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1214 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#223); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.2 vs 34.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and StarCoder 2 7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.