Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) vs Llama 3 Instruct 8B

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)vsLlama 3 Instruct 8B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)

Input
$0.04/M
Output
$0.16/M
Speed
127 tok/s
TTFT
0.25s
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Llama 3 Instruct 8B

Input
$0.045/M
Output
$0.145/M
Speed
84 tok/s
TTFT
0.39s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (10-2)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)Llama 3 Instruct 8B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.04$0.045
Output ($/M tokens)$0.16$0.145
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)$0.06
Llama 3 Instruct 8B$0.06

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
127 tok/s
Llama 3 Instruct 8B
84 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
0.25s
Llama 3 Instruct 8B
0.39s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
14.86.4
Coding Index
8.34.0
Math Index
69.7
GPQA Diamond
57.0%29.6%
MMLU-Pro
74.2%40.5%
LiveCodeBench
72.4%9.6%
AIME 2025
69.7%
MATH-500
49.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%5.1%
SciCode
22.0%11.9%
IFBench
27.6%24.6%
TerminalBench
1.5%0.0%
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)10 wins
2 winsLlama 3 Instruct 8B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) or Llama 3 Instruct 8B?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Llama 3 Instruct 8B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 127 tok/s vs 84 tok/s. NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.25s vs 0.39s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) vs Llama 3 Instruct 8B?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.