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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (Meta) and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#173 vs #177); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($0.20/1M vs $0.32/1M); and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B offers the longer context window (262K vs 131K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #173 against #177 (20.6 vs 18.8 points).
  • you want provider choice — 12 listed API providers against 3.

Choose Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if…

  • API cost matters — $0.20/1M output tokens against $0.32/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.05/1M against $0.10/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 131K.
  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1362 against 1346.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B was listed 14 December 2025, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 6 December 2024.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
FieldLlama 3.3 70B InstructMetaNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#173#177
Index score20.618.8
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.10$0.05
Output price / 1M tokens$0.32$0.20
Context window131K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens16K262K
API providers listed123
Weight accessGated accessRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed6 December 202414 December 2025
PublisherMetaNVIDIA

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a published result
BoardLlama 3.3 70B InstructNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13461339–135213621352–1373BF16Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)31.9Function calling—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—7.2intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: common questions

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #173 against #177. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct cheaper than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens: $0.20/1M against $0.32/1M. Input tokens are $0.10/1M for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and $0.05/1M for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Arena coding: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 1346, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 1362 — Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads.

Are Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B open-weight models?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: Gated access. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 12 API providers for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and 3 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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