Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct is a language model from NVIDIA. It ranks #266 of 352 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 23.8, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 17.7–29.9 spans positions #239–#293. Its weights are downloadable under a use-restricted licence.
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only
BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.
Observed capability
23.8
Evidence status
confirmed · 73% mass
General preference
24.0
Coding
22.5
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
49%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
—
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
—
Open reach (HF downloads)
—
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
0.0
Freshness
5.2
· Catalogue surface
· First seen 2024-09-22
These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.
The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.
Not yet published: the base model it derives from, a current serving provider, measured provider uptime, published provider pricing, declared context and output limits, pinned evaluation dataset versions.
A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.
Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.
OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.
Liquidity25%
0.0
Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.
Open reach15%
50.0
Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.
Freshness5%
5.2
Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.
Specification
Model ID
nvidia/Llama-3_1-Nemotron-51B-Instruct
Declared output cap
Unknown
OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata
Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
22 Sept 2024
Capabilities
Not supported: Reasoning
Not supported: Tool use
Not supported: Structured output
Not supported: Response format
Not supported: Moderated
Weights & access
Restricted license. Downloadable weights use a model-specific or use-restricted license. Review the linked license before use, redistribution, or commercial deployment.
How does Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct rank among AI models?
Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct holds ModelCap Index position #266 of 352 ranked language models as of 6 November 2026, with an Index score of 23.8 (interval 17.7–29.9); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.
How much does Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct cost per 1M tokens?
No live API price is listed for Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct in the current snapshot as of 6 November 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.
Is Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct open-weight?
Restricted license (nvidia-open-model-license). Downloadable weights use a model-specific or use-restricted license. Review the linked license before use, redistribution, or commercial deployment. The repository is nvidia/Llama-3_1-Nemotron-51B-Instruct on Hugging Face.
Which benchmarks has Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct been evaluated on?
Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1287 (#301 of 419) and Arena coding 1312 (#301 of 414). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.
How does Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct compare with Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct ranks #266 (Index 23.8) and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B ranks #237 (Index 30.4) on the ModelCap Index as of 6 November 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.
When was Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct released?
Llama 3 1 Nemotron 51B Instruct first appeared in the catalogue on 22 Sept 2024. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.