Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 leads with 21.8% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
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 8B 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 8B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
2024-09
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Nemotron Nano 9B v2