Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads with 1.5% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning