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Llama 3.1 405B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B wins overall with a score of 60 vs 58 (2 point difference).Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Llama 3.1 405B

CreatorMeta
TypeOpen Weight
Context128K
Score58

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

CreatorNVIDIA
TypeOpen Weight
Context32K
Score60

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

Llama 3.1 405B

68.5

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

71.8

70
MMLU
74
70
GPQA
73
68
SuperGPQA
71
66
OpenBookQA
69

Coding

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

Llama 3.1 405B

62

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

66

62
HumanEval
66

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

Llama 3.1 405B

69

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

73

70
AIME 2023
74
72
AIME 2024
76
71
AIME 2025
75
66
HMMT Feb 2023
70
68
HMMT Feb 2024
72
67
HMMT Feb 2025
71
69
BRUMO 2025
73

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

Llama 3.1 405B

67

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

70

68
SimpleQA
71
66
MuSR
69

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 3.1 405B or Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B scores higher overall with 60 vs 58, a difference of 2 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 3.1 405B or Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 71.8 vs 68.5.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.1 405B or Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B leads in coding with an average score of 66 vs 62.

Which is better for math, Llama 3.1 405B or Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B leads in math with an average score of 73 vs 69.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 3.1 405B or Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B leads in reasoning with an average score of 70 vs 67.

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