Model comparison
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct vs Qwen Max
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.3 vs 34.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen Max in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 31.7 to 21.0.
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.3 | 34.4 |
| Released | 2024-06-14 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.6 (#223), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1209 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 22.4 (#180), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1202 | 1270 |
Math Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.7 (#193), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1216 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 31.4 (#212), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1171 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 38.0 (#228), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1206 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1214 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1196 | 1329 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1128 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1148 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1219 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1195 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.3 (#227), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1203 | 1262 |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#216), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1225 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.9 (#229), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1225 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1203 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1214 | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better than Qwen Max?
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.3 vs 34.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nemotron 4 340b Instruct or Qwen Max better for coding?
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 4 340b Instruct and Qwen Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.