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Claude 3 Opus vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched at 9.9 and 4.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

Anthropic · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 9.9 and 4.8.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Claude 3 Opus

  • you want predictable pricing at $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
9.9
#267
4.8
#300
Reasoning
9.8
#261
5.3
#295
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$75.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3 Opus
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Math
16.1#210
8.8#257
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3 Opus · 7 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

1 shared

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Opus specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Opus specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 does not.

Claude 3 Opus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Opus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 13 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.6 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

1.0yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Opus

—

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Opus
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

Which is better, Claude 3 Opus or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 9.9 and 4.8. Claude 3 Opus is made by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3 Opus compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 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 Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (9.9 vs 4.8), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Opus and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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