Gemma 2 9B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Gemma 2 9B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemma 2 9B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, HellaSwag, MMLU, Winogrande).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

60.8B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 60.8B more parameters than Gemma 2 9B, making it 657.6% larger.

Google
Gemma 2 9B
9.2Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
9.2B
Gemma 2 9B
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 2 9B is licensed under Gemma, 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.

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is 3 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.7 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.5 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date.

Gemma 2 9B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher ARC-C score (69.2% vs 68.4%)
Higher GSM8k score (91.4% vs 68.6%)
Higher HellaSwag score (85.6% vs 81.9%)
Higher MMLU score (80.2% vs 71.3%)
Higher Winogrande score (84.5% vs 80.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 2 9B
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct