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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs o1-mini

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and o1-mini are closely matched at 5.0 and 10.1 on the LLM Stats Score.

NVIDIA · OpenAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and o1-mini are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 5.0 and 10.1.

The models split the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.

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
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose o1-mini

  • you want predictable pricing at $3.00/M input and $12.00/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
o1-mini
OpenAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
5.0
#289
10.1
#255
Reasoning
5.6
#282
10.3
#248
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 2
1 of 2
Input price
— / M
$3.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$12.00 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
o1-mini
Math
9.0#248
11.0#239
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 · 6 for o1-mini

2 shared

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MATH-500), while o1-mini is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only o1-mini specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only o1-mini specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
OpenAI
o1-mini
Input128,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Fri Sep 04 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 o1-mini uses a proprietary license.

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

o1-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18, while o1-mini was released on 2024-09-12.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 6 months newer than o1-mini.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

6mo newer
o1-mini

Sep 12, 2024

2.0 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 o1-mini'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 o1-mini's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

o1-mini

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs o1-mini.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 or o1-mini?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and o1-mini are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 5.0 and 10.1. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA and o1-mini is made by OpenAI. 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 o1-mini 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%. o1-mini scores HumanEval: 92.4%, MATH-500: 90.0%, MMLU: 85.2%, SuperGLUE: 75.0%, GPQA: 60.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and o1-mini?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 supports an unknown number of tokens and o1-mini supports 128K 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 o1-mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (5.0 vs 10.1), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and o1-mini?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA and o1-mini is developed by OpenAI.

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