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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 3.0% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
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NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B was created as a compact variant optimized by NVIDIA, designed to bring Llama 3.1 capabilities to more efficient deployments. Built with NVIDIA's efficiency optimizations, it serves applications requiring strong performance with reduced resource requirements.
7 months newer
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Average Score:69.7%(+3.0%)
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Average Score:66.7%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
8 providers
Bedrock
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepInfra
Throughput: 27 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Fireworks
Throughput: 78 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
Hyperbolic
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Avg Score:69.7%(+3.0%)
Providers:8
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Avg Score:66.7%
Providers:0