Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Granite 4.1 8b and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 35.9 to 30.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1272 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1266 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1271 |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1242 |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1245 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1227 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1252 |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1238 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1283 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?
Granite 4.1 8b and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.