Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 leads with 7.5% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is a language model developed by NVIDIA. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.0% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.8%), IFEval (90.3%), AIME 2025 (72.1%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents NVIDIA's latest advancement in AI technology.
1 year newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
NVIDIA
2025-08-18
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
2024-09
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
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Nemotron Nano 9B v2