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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 7.7, and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs 3.3x less per output token ($0.72 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 41 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
26.0
Output $/M
$0.72
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
41
vs boards won of 41 shared

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Llama 3.3 70B Instruct for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.72 vs $2.40 per million).

Model ALlama 3.3 70B InstructMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
41
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct only
11
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
30
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 56.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 5.1% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 86.7%, 81.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.72 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
Context window
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct takes 131K tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryLlama 3.3 70B InstructBarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding05
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge04
General020
All shared boards041
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
Coding benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding Index11.949.3Nemotron 3 Ultra
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)28.8%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
SciCodeNot measured40.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.0%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdML14.4%43.5%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: coding12681468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT12731468Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.722.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index127.3146.0Nemotron 3 Ultra
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured20.1Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench Telecom26.6%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
BALROG23.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)31.9%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)49.8%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.6%28.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)47.4%85.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SimpleBench19.9%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12571452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert12251472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12771453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Math Index7.7Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
OTIS Mock AIME5.1%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MATH level 541.6%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: math12671457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work12671461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)71.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
MMLU86.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: science12841465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12751456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government12841452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance12431434Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1135Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1141Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1131Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index020
General benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBench47.1%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)15.7%79.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench59.5%90.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA17.5%36.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
LMArena Text12741445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following12421418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing12501399Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English13031455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English12361427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese12171497Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German12511472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1150Not measuredOnly Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: Korean11421384Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French12821472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish12691455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian12521417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish12591385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: multi-turn12801411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries12551437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language12551406Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12411397Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct$0.0008Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct$0.025Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct$0.097Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationMeta Llama 3.3 70B InstructNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerMeta LlamaNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 6, 2024June 4, 2026
Context window131K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.45$0.60
Output $/Mtok$0.72$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 3.3 70B Instruct for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.72 vs $2.40 per million).

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $0.72 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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