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Beam 1.0 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -0.1.

Reflection AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Beam 1.0 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -0.1, ranking #46 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Beam 1.0

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.6 and ranks #46 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Beam 1.0
Reflection AI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.6
#46
-0.1
#350
Reasoning
45.5
#37
-0.4
#343
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.20 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Beam 1.0
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Math
35.1#45
6.9#279
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

22 reported for Beam 1.0 · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Beam 1.0 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

431.3B diff

Beam 1.0 has 431.3B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 616.1% larger.

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
501.3Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
501.3B
Beam 1.0
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Beam 1.0 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Beam 1.0 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Beam 1.0 is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Beam 1.0

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Beam 1.0 was released on 2026-10-16, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Beam 1.0 is 25 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Beam 1.0

Oct 16, 2026

6 days ago

2.0yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Beam 1.0 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-30, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-12-01.

Beam 1.0 has more recent training data (up to 2026-06-30), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct (2023-12-01).

Beam 1.0

Jun 2026

2.5 yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Beam 1.0 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Beam 1.0
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Beam 1.0 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Beam 1.0 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -0.1. Beam 1.0 is made by Reflection AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Beam 1.0 compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

Beam 1.0 scores AIME 2026: 97.7%, GPQA: 90.6%, LiveCodeBench: 88.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 81.6%, MCP Atlas: 80.8%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Beam 1.0 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 supports 1.0M tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Beam 1.0 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.6 vs -0.1), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Beam 1.0 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 is developed by Reflection AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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