Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 45.8 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 40.6 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1378 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1348 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1371 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1355 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1382 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1376 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1304 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.