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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 13.8 to 4.8.

NVIDIA · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 13.8 to 4.8, ranking #242 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins 2; 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 Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

  • overall performance matters — it scores 13.8 and ranks #242 on LLM Stats
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.8
#300
13.8
#242
Reasoning
5.3
#295
11.7
#251
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 3
2 of 3
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
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131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Math
8.8#257
17.5#194
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 · 9 for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

3 shared

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (BFCL v2, IFEval).

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

62.0B diff

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has 62.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1, making it 775.0% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
70.0B
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement.

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

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct was released on 2024-12-06.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 3 months newer than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

3mo newer
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Dec 6, 2024

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct'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 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 13.8 to 4.8. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 compare to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

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%. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores IFEval: 92.1%, MGSM: 91.1%, HumanEval: 88.4%, MBPP EvalPlus: 87.6%, MMLU: 86.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.8 vs 13.8), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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